26/05/2021 Our panel of judges got together on Tuesday to make some hard decisions... 
Our Photo Competition - Restoration in Focus attracted 34 entrants and 74 images in 8 categories!
Our incredible panel of judges had the tough job of selecting the winning photos. All photos were judged anonymously, based on the criteria for each category.
Check out all the finalists here!
Our panel of judges:
- Natasha Mulhall of Natasha Mulhall Photography
- Dan Broun, conservationist, filmmaker, photographer
- Jason Orr, president of East Tamar Landcare
- Peter Stronach, Landcare Tasmania acting CEO
All winners will receive a Landcare Tasmania and Keep Tassie Wild sticker pack.
Overall Winners:
FIRST PRIZE
The attack on Gorse
by Huon Douglas, a member of the UTAS Landcare Society
While the effort to remove gorse and plant trees in exhausting, especially viewed at the scale from above. The reward of knowing that now the landscape can heal is one of the best ways to connect to place, to the environment. Nothing quite connects one to a place like sweat.
Judges notes: It’s well composed; the stance of the people is a great action shot; we like that the people are very small in a large frame of nature. It links in to the decade on ecosystem restoration - it’s a huge task.
RUNNER UP
Generational Learning
by Huon Douglas, a member of the UTAS Landcare society
A young Pied Oyster Catcher (Haematopus longirostris) learning from its parents, connecting not humans to nature, but connecting its own to nature. Teaching it the ways of how to survive, where to go, what to eat, what to be cautious of. While we may try and connect ourselves to nature, sometimes nature wants to disconnect from us.
Judges notes: great depth of field and lovely philosophical notes. It’s something we like to do in Landcare Tas, bring the youth to events and learn together and from each other. 
CATEGORY WINNERS
Community Action in the Environment
Action shots of a person or people working to better a place. It can be urban (e.g. community garden, undergrowth planting, rubbish pick up), rural (e.g. riparian repair, tree planting, erosion prevention) or wild (e.g. invasive species control, monitoring wildlife, collecting data)
WINNER: The attack on Gorse
by Huon Douglas, a member of the UTAS Landcare society
Second: Man Vs Gorse
by Paul Cuttler and Lauren Carroll, members of Gorse Be Gone Landcare Tas Group
Third: People grieving for clearfelled forest
by Charles Chadwick
Ecosystem Restoration
This can be two images side by side of before and after a restoration process; showing the practice of renewing and restoring a degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystem or habitat in the environment by active human intervention and actions.
WINNER: Gorse be Gone
by Paul Cuttler and Lauren Carroll, members of Gorse Be Gone Landcare Tas Group
Second: A Cleared Home for a Native Hen
by Huon Douglas, a member of the UTAS Landcare society
Third: Jelly Fungi
by Melitta Mumford
Fresh Water
Any aspect of fresh water in our environment be it river, stream, lake or rain – it may include people, weather events, rural landscape or wildlife.
WINNER: A Wetland Boundry
by Huon Douglas, a member of the UTAS Landcare Society
Second: Lower Chasm Falls
by Tammi Lambert on behalf of Jade Purdon (deceased)
Third: Damsels on the Lake
by Bronwen Gunning
Ocean and Coast
Anything connected to the ocean and coast, from sea life in or out of the water, plants such as seaweed or coral, or an interaction of animals, water and plants.
WINNER: Albatross Sad
by Tammi Lambert on behalf of Jade Purdon (deceased) 
Second: Entangledment of Seals
by Huon Douglas, a member of the UTAS Landcare society
Third: Celebration of Nature
by Leanne Hays
Plants and Habitat
Images of native flora including single plants, fungus, bacteria, or images of large tracts of plants, forest or habitat.
WINNER: A Universe On Top of a Mountain by Milson Barnard 
Second: Lamproderma gracile, a 3 mm high slime mould
by Sarah Lloyd
Third: Pandani Grove
by Chris Wilson
Rural Landscape
Showing a unique rural or agricultural landscape
WINNER: Soil Conditioner
by Paul Cuttler and Lauren Carroll, members of Gorse Be Gone Landcare Tas Group
Second: A Bird Between Barbs
by Huon Douglas, a member of the UTAS Landcare society
Wildlife
Images of native fauna including birds, mammals, reptiles, insects in their natural habitat
WINNER: Generational Learning
by Huon Douglas, a member of the UTAS Landcare society
Second: Grey Goshawk Gazing
by Chris Wilson
Under 18s
Entry to any of the above categories for under 18's.
WINNER: Fire on Water in Oceans and Coast
by Imogen Hewitt 
Second: Beautiful Rosella perched upon our balcony in Wildlife
by Sophie Joan Coward
Third: Nature’s beauty
by Ava McIntyre