Photo Contest Winners -- April 2004
Softening Urban Edges:
Small Plants in High Places
PURPOSE:
- To enhance appreciation of the aesthetic value of lichens
and mosses on human-made structures.
- To create an artistic forum for a close look at the interface
between humans and nature.
- To educate about the relative harmlessness of lichens and
mosses on man-made structures as well as their potential usefulness
as aesthetic components of the urban landscape.
- To educate about basic natural history of lichens and mosses.
1st Prize -- copyright Eric Graham -- untitled mailbox
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connection recommended)
2nd Prize -- copyright Chris Carpenter -- untitled mossy
fence
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3rd Prize -- copyright Erin P. Martin -- "Nitrogen
Signal"
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(fast connection recommended)
Sponsored by the Corvallis Lichen-Bryophyte Research Group
and Northwest Lichenologists. Thanks to The Shutterbug
for your support with gift certificates.
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