A $200 prize will be awarded each month to the photo that best illustrates ecosystem services. In addition, 1st, 2nd and 3rd place overall winners will be awarded prize money totaling $1,000 at PCSGA’s Annual Conference! You do not need to be present to win.
1st Place: Amber Taulbee
“At Kamilche Seafarms, our suspended mussel lines are home and habitat for a plethora of South Puget Sound invertebrates. Anemones, Tunicates, Sponges, Hydroid Jellyfish, Skeleton Shrimps, and Sea Stars are part of the community of life that is living in tandem with our mussels we farm. These diverse communities supported by our mussel lines provide ecosystem services. In particular, their positive effects on food web dynamics, nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration and water filtration.”
2nd Place: Raul Membreno Torres
“That morning we were walking in the tide and I saw a couple eagles feeding from the baskets in the longline oyster beds. They eat small crabs, mussels and small fishes when tide is going out. It is very common to see eagles almost every day in the summer during low tides on our oyster beds.”
3rd Place Derek King
Crescent Gunnel utilizing an empty oyster shell as habitat for laying and guarding eggs.