Starting 2023, CFRES is holding a photo contest. These photos are from students (undergraduate or graduate). If you’re a student and you’d like to submit images, here are the following guidelines:
- Any undergraduate or graduate student can submit a photo
- Photos of students in class, in labs are welcome as well as other subjects
- Photos should be taken during the month in which the contest is being run
- Each student can submit no more than 3 photos per month
- Photos taken within the Keweenaw region are preferred
- By submitting your photos, you agree to allow CFRES to reproduce them (with attribution) in future web or print materials
- Email Sarah Atkinson (sjbird@mtu.edu) up to three photos per student per month by the end of the month.
The winner for January was Sam Kurkowski, a graduate student here. The winning image can be seen below.
Here are the other photos that students submitted, in no particular order. Thanks to everyone who participated!
![Two people on cross-country skis posing in the middle of a snowy track](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/20230114_104128-800x600.jpg)
Photo credit: Sam Kurkowski
![Four people posing in front of a beach coast](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/20230114_124216-800x600.jpg)
Photo credit: Sam Kurkowski
![Unusual frozen structures in ice](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/20221208_110757-800x600.jpg)
Photo credit: Sam Kurkowski
![A close-up of a snowy coniferous tree](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/20221211_130453-450x600.jpg)
Photo credit: Sam Kurkowski
![White moths pinned to a board, three in focus with many more out of focus](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/MothResearch-min-900x600.jpg)
Photo credit: Kath Higdon
![Five tiger moths pinned to a board](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/TigerMoths-399x600.jpg)
Photo credit: Kath Higdon
![Five saturnid moths pinned](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/Saturnids-min-399x600.jpg)
Photo credit:” Kath Higdon
![Four sphinx moths pinned to a board](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/SphinxMoths-360x600.jpg)
Photo credit: Kath Higdon
![A close-up of the upper-body of N. orbicollis, a beetle.](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/NOrbicollis-min-900x600.jpg)
Photo credit: Kath Higdon
![A cross-country skiing trail through a forest](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/IMG_4372-3-min-388x600.jpg)
Photo credit: Tryg Solberg
![A small, lone island in the middle of a lake between mountains](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/Photo_1675100206911-min-900x455.jpg)
Photo credit: Anthony Ciaramitaro
![A mountain at sunset overlooking fields and a coniferous forest with a river winding through it](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/Photo_1675100206270-min-900x600.jpg)
Photo credit: Anthony Ciaramitaro
![A mountain at sunrise overlooking miles of coniferous forests](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/Photo_1675100208695-900x489.jpg)
Photo credit: Anthony Ciaramitaro
![A mountain overlooking a field of tulips on a partially cloudy day](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/Photo_1675100348668-277x600.jpg)
Photo credit: Anthony Ciaramitaro
![A dracaena in a windowsill looking out to a snowy forest](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/officeDracaena_20230130-min-799x600.jpg)
Photo credit: Rob Tunison
![A cedar overlooking a rushing river in a snowy forest.](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/canyonFalls_20230108-min-800x600.jpg)
Photo credit: Rob Tunison
![A droplet of water falling off of a wet branch](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/IMG_0280-min-900x600.jpg)
Photo credit: Eric Brand
![A tree branch with a droplet of water falling off of it.](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/IMG_0279-min-900x600.jpg)
Photo credit: Eric Brand
![A sunset overlooking a residential complex](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/PSX_20230131_114743-338x600.jpg)
Photo credit: Parth Bhatt
![A person surrounded by white-tailed deer in a park](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/PSX_20230114_173109-900x507.jpg)
Photo credit: Parth Bhatt
![A snowy residential complex, and a snowy tree in the foreground](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/PSX_20221221_170915-900x507.jpg)
Photo credit: Parth Bhatt
![A snowy coast looking out to a lake](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/PSX_20230114_172147-338x600.jpg)
Photo credit: Parth Bhatt
![A sunny view of a residential complex](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/PSX_20221211_114759-450x600.jpg)
Photo credit: Parth Bhatt
![A residential building in the foreground, and the moon in the night sky in the background](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/PSX_20230107_005440-450x600.jpg)
Photo credit: Parth Bhatt
![A snowman in front of a wood plank bridge over a stream in a snowy river](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/IMG_1413-450x600.jpeg)
Photo credit: Madalyn Tudor-Duncan
![Two people looking at each other with a dog on a cliff surrounded by forests](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/IMG_1470-800x600.jpeg)
Photo credit: Madalyn Tudor-Duncan
![A pileated woodpecker on a tree](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/PIWO_Woodland_Ave_John_McCall-441x600.jpg)
Photo credit: John McCall
![Holes in a tree left from a pileated woodpecker](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/PIWO_JM-450x600.jpg)
Photo credit: John McCall
![Interesting shapes formed in ice in a creek](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/Ice-Shapes-SwedetownCreek_Skillings_January-485x600.jpg)
Photo credit: Nicolas Skillings
![A frozen creek in a snowy forest](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/Swedetown-Creek_Skillings_January-877x600.jpg)
Photo credit: Nicolas Skillings
![The lower half of a person lying in a snowy forest with a pair of binoculars and a "Sibley Birds East" field guide on their lap](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/Snapchat-830821307-319x600.jpg)
Photo credit: Ezekiel Stark
![A field at the Ford Center](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/3404DD3C-0B8C-47D4-947B-1572DAFAE6DD-824x600.jpeg)
Photo credit: Shawna Carr
![A student collecting data with reel tape in a jack pine forest](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/08067D47-89DE-4EA5-B4C5-CD67517550BE-450x600.jpeg)
Photo credit: Shawna Carr
![A sunset at the Ford Center](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/F5970332-66A1-40CD-A6CA-1A61A4B6DC38-828x600.jpeg)
Photo credit: Shawna Carr
![Students looking around a red pine forest](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/8BE91A09-7B31-4CD2-AB45-A952F073B51C-451x600.jpeg)
Photo credit: Shawna Carr
![A student on a canoe in Ford Lake](https://blogs.mtu.edu/forest/files/2023/02/A84C1258-7D87-4D91-86CA-A18BCF65FBFD-825x600.jpeg)
Photo credit: Shawna Carr