Announcing our 2024 Mississippi Sound photo competition winners!
The results are in for our 2024 Mississippi Sound photo contest! We extend our gratitude to everyone who contributed their photos. These images will play a vital role in our Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan, steering our future initiatives, research, and funding as a nationally certified estuary program. Each submission wonderfully showcased the beauty of our state. Our Executive committee members had a challenging task of selecting the top winners!
Top photograph of each category
Wildlife Winner: Amber Rivera
Description: Brown pelican close-up. Taken at the boat launch on Front Beach in Ocean Springs.
Community Connections Winner: Kelly Samek
Description: Pass Christian boats, February 2023.
Landscape Winner: Charlie Hubbard
Description: Kayaking at Boneyard Lake (an oxbow lake off the Pascagoula River)
Native Plants Winner: Charlie Hubbard
Gulf Fritillary Butterfly (Agraulis vanillae)
This Gulf Fritillary butterfly was feeding on flowers in my backyard in Gulfport.
Native Plants Winner: Kaylin Bruening
Description: Native pitcher plant in the middle of a wetland
Browse our top picks from each category!
Top Wildlife Entries:
Top Macro Photography Entries:
Top Community Engagement Entries:
Top Landscape Entries:
Top Native Plant Entries:
