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DRBC Announces Delaware Basin Fall Photo Contest Winner

For Immediate Release

November 27, 2017

(West Trenton, N.J.) -- The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) today announced that Andy Smith’s Rapids on the Mongaup in the Fall entry was chosen as the winner of the commission’s Fall 2017 Photo Contest. Seventy photographs were submitted by 21 individuals for the contest. 

"DRBC’s inaugural photo contest was a great success, and we thank everyone who entered," said DRBC Executive Director Steve Tambini. "Andy’s photograph captured the unique perspective of lively rapids flowing down New York’s Mongaup River, a Delaware River tributary, framed by the vibrant and beautiful golden tree colors of autumn lining the riverbanks."

The winning image, which was chosen by a judging panel of four DRBC staff members, will be featured on the commission’s website at www.nj.gov/drbc/basin/photo/photo-contest.html and on DRBC’s Twitter and Flickr social media sites. The photo will also be published in the commission’s 2017 annual report, and the winner will receive a certificate of recognition.

The purpose of DRBC’s seasonal photo contest is to highlight amateur and professional photography representing the beauty, diversity, function, and significance of the water resources of the Delaware River Basin, a 13,539 square mile watershed. In legislation signed into law last December, the U.S. Congress declared that "the Delaware River Basin is a national treasure of great cultural, environmental, ecological, and economic importance." Approximately 15 million people (or about five percent of the nation's population) rely on the water resources of the Delaware River Basin to support a variety of significant uses including public drinking water, industry, agriculture, power generation, recreation, fisheries, and aquatic life.

The Winter Photo Contest will begin on Dec. 21 and has a deadline of Feb. 1, 2018. Complete contest details, including instructions on how to submit photographs, are available on DRBC’s website at the above link. 

The DRBC is a federal/interstate government agency responsible for managing the water resources within the Delaware River Basin without regard to political boundaries. The five commission members are the governors of the basin states (Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania) and the commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ North Atlantic Division, who represents the federal government.

To learn more about the commission, please visit www.drbc.net or follow DRBC on Twitter at @DRBC1961.

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Contacts: Kate Schmidt, Kate.Schmidt@drbc.nj.gov, (609) 883-9500 ext. 205
Peter Eschbach, Peter.Eschbach@drbc.nj.gov, (609) 883-9500 ext. 208

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Winning Image: Rapids on the Mongaup in the Fall by Andy Smith

Rapids on the Mongaup in the Fall by Andy Smith.