Friends of Council Grounds State Park 2025 images contest below method

By Tina L. Scott
Editor

The Friends of Council Grounds State Park (FoCGSP) is internet hosting its annual newbie images contest, and is asking park guests to share their finest photographs captured throughout the park boundaries.
Amateur photographers of any age can showcase their work in one in all 4 classes: Plants (wildflowers, timber, shrubs, and fungi), Wildlife (animals, birds, bugs, reptiles, and amphibians), People Using the Park (with out simply identifiable faces), and Landscapes (campsites, broad park scenes, in any season).
If you’ve hung out in Council Grounds State Park since Jan. 1, 2024, and snapped some nice photographs, have a look again and discover your finest shot to enter. Each photographer might submit one entry, and the photograph have to be their unique work. FoCGSP members, DNR workers, and their households will not be eligible to take part.
Any photograph entered should have been taken throughout the park throughout 2024 or 2025, and submissions have to be clear, shade JPG photographs that may reproduce effectively at 8×10” dimension. Edited, digitally enhanced, or panoramic photographs won’t be accepted, as the competition is restricted to newbie photographers solely.
Each entry should embody the class and non-compulsory photograph title, date taken, photographer’s identify, mailing and e mail deal with, and telephone quantity. By getting into, photographers agree to permit the Friends of Council Grounds State Park to make use of, copy, or show their photographs with out compensation for future use.

The submission window opened July 1, 2025, and closes July 31, 2025. Photos and call data ought to be emailed to cgsphotos@hotmail.com.
“We’re looking for photos that really show what makes Council Grounds special,” stated a FoCGSP consultant.
First place winners in every class will obtain an annual state park automobile admission sticker, whereas second place winners will obtain a Council Grounds merchandise certificates valued as much as $15.
FoCGSP members will choose the highest three photographs in every class, which might be displayed within the park workplace and on the T.B. Scott Free Library in Merrill for public voting from August 15-31, 2025. Voting may also be accessible on the Friends of Council Grounds State Park Facebook web page.
The FoCGSP reserves the proper to reject any photograph that isn’t correctly labeled, doesn’t adjust to contest guidelines, or is deemed inappropriate. For extra data, go to CouncilGrounds.org.