Photo Contest Winners

The SSCA's 1996 photo contest winners were announced at the annual conference held in Regina. Once again there were a number of excellent entries in each of the categories. The categories were Soil Conservation, Soil Degradation and Wildlife. The soil Conservation category was won by Aaron Steinley of Empress, Alberta, with a photo depicting a direct seeded field of peas, second place a photo of native range submitted by Karen Benjaminson of North Battleford, and third place was a photo of plastic mulch used in shelterbelt establishment submitted by Eric Johnson of North Battleford.
The Soil Degradation Category was won by Russ Popoff of Prince Albert with a photo of water erosion on an unprotected summerfallow field. Second place was a photo of water erosion in spring on a summerfallow field submitted by Terry Pearse of Tisdale. Third place was a photo of water erosion in mid-summer taken by Karen Benjaminson of North Battleford.
The wildlife category was won by Terry Pearse of Tisdale with a picture of a Canada Goose family. Second place went to Russ Popoff of Prince Albert with a photo of a partridge in standing stubble and third place went to Mireille Renaud of Prince Albert with a photo of an elk in native pasture.
Each of the first place winners received a professionally framed 11 x 17 copy of their photograph.