Grand Prize Winner, Lynn Love, shows her photo, "Ducks with Reflection," during the opening of the 2006 Wild Things and Wild Places Photo Contest for National Wildilfe Refuge Week at Crab Orchard NWR Visitor Center. - FWS photo

Kids 13 and Under Winner, Kennadi Warren (age 7) shows her winning photo, "Bird Looks Like Seagull," during the opening of the 2006 Wild Things and Wild Places Photo Contest Exhibit at Crab Orchard NWR. - FWS photo

The Friends of Crab Orchard Refuge, Inc. hosted the Wild Things and Wild Places amateur photo contest for the fifth year.  All of the photos entered in the contest were displayed in the Crab Orchard NWR Visitor Center during National Wildlife Refuge Week. 

Prizes were awarded in three categories:  Wildlife, Landscape/Scenic and Trees/Plants/Flowers.  Kids 13 and under were also awarded prizes. 

The Grand Prize Winner was Lynn Love of Creal Springs with her photo "Ducks with Reflection."  The Kids Winner was seven year-old Kennadi Warren of Marion, IL with "Bird Looks Like a Seagull."  Refuge employees were also given the opportunity to vote for their favorite photo and Rick Fox of Anna, IL was awarded a Guide to the National Wildlife Refuge System for his photo, "Bluebird."