The South Hadley Planning & Conservation Department encourages you to get outside to your favorite Town of South Hadley Conservation Area in 2022 ~ pick up your camera, go exploring, and photograph your experience. Invite your kids, your dog (on leash), and your friends & family. Maybe you’ll come across a deer or pileated woodpecker. Capture that moment and submit it to the contest here! This photo contest is open to everyone.
Photos must be taken at one of the South Hadley Conservation Areas: https://www.southhadley.org/607/Conservation-Lands
South Hadley Conservation Areas with established Trails include the following:
- Bachelor Brook/ Stony Brook Conservation Resource Area
- Bagg-Pierce Wildlife Sanctuary and Popp Conservation Area
- Black Stevens Conservation Area
- Bynan Conservation Area
- Hahn-Warner Arboretum
- Hawkins Bird Sanctuary
- Jones/Carver/Newton
- Mount Holyoke Range
- Titus Pond Conservation Area
- Warner Conservation Area
- Leaping Well Nature Trail
There are five Contest Categories: 1) Wildlife Encounter 2) Youth Adventures 3) Pets in the Outdoors 4) My Favorite Tree 5) Beautiful Landscape. You can submit one photo per category, with the exemption of Youth Adventures only open to those 18 years old or under.
Please remember to show respect to the wildlife, vegetation, and to other people on the trails. “Take only photos, leave only footprints.”
Use the form below to submit your images by the first day of Spring, March 20th.
Problems with the form? Submit by Emailing your photos to the Conservation Administrator at rcornell@southhadleyma.gov.
Include your contact information so we can reach you if you win. For each Contest Category you enter, be sure to include the name of the Conservation Area where you snapped the photo! If you are not submitting in a category, you can just leave it blank. You will be able to edit your responses until the contest closes.
Winners will be announced in the April "Conservation Connections" The Monthly Newsletter is available here: https://www.southhadley.org/1161/Monthly-Newsletter. Prizes will be awarded for each category.
Prizes include gift certificates to local businesses, books, and birdhouses.
Please follow the Conservation Land Regulations: https://www.southhadley.org/604/Conservation-Land-Regulations
By submitting images to this contest, you are releasing your photo rights to the Town of South Hadley to use and publish in whole or in part in material of any kind, including but not limited to South Hadley's website and social media.
Thank you for participating! Happy and Safe Hiking!