The winners of the first Pinal County Open Space & Trails Committee Photo Contest have been announced – and the next contest is already started.
Janet Schritz’s snowy photo taken below Picket Post on Jan. 2 this year took the top prize, based on “likes” by Facebook readers. The countywide contest focused on beautiful open spaces in Pinal County. Schritz is from Apache Junction.
According to Dorenda Coleman of PCOSTC, Boyce Thompson Arboretum donated park passes, books, food and other items for the winners.
Second place was Frances Cole of Florence, who snapped two crested caracara in Cactus Forest in 2013. Amy Hagedorn of Chandler took third place with a photo of her horse Cheyenne at Jacobs Crosscut Trail in front of the Superstitions in March. H. Hans Brakob of Gold Canyon was fourth with a photo of Gold Canyon on Jacobs Crosscut Trail in March.
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