The Northwoods Wildlife Center of Minocqua held its sixth annual Photo Gala event on Feb. 25 at the Campanile Center for the Arts. Featured were the 218 photo entries from their annual contest displayed for all Gala attendees to view. Each attendee received one ballot to vote for their favorite photo in each of four categories: North American Wildlife, Nature, Pets, and a special category for the under 14 crowd to display their talents! 860 votes were cast by 215 participants. The votes have been tallied and the results are in! And the winners are:

NORTH AMERICAN WILDLIFE CATEGORY
1) Shelly Ray-“Whiskers”
2) Jane Flanigan-“All Together Now”
3) Kim Singleton-“His Royal Majesty”

NATURE CATEGORY
1) Evalyn Pokorny-“Mushroom Forest”
2) John Klinger-“Entangled Beauty”
3) Marsha Newkirk-“Snow Moon Setting on Eagle Lake”

PETS CATEGORY
1) Jayne Stenstrom-“Winter Play Date”
2) Geri Miller-“Snow Day”
3) Jeff Rohloff-“Misty Morning Fishing”

YOUTH CATEGORY
1) Jessie Roza-“Forest Guards”
2) Lauren McDannold-“‘Toadally’ Awesome Day at the Beach”
3) Aidan Graf-“Sunlit Fern”