SONORA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announces the second annual spring photography contest at New Melones Lake. The photo contest will consist of three categories: landscape, flora/fauna, and recreation.
Participants can submit one photograph per category. All photographs must be from the New Melones Lake Recreation Area, taken in 2018 and original, non-photo shopped images. The contest is open to only amateur photographers. The deadline for submissions is June 4, 2018.
Two photographs from each category will be selected and the winning photographers will be awarded a two-night camping certificate for New Melones Lake. One photograph will be selected as Best of Show, and the winner will receive a New Melones Lake Annual Pass. The winning photographs will be announced by July 4, 2018.
Please submit photographs to Joshua Pelham at jpelham@usbr.gov, including the photographer’s name, contact information, location of the photograph, and photographic category of each picture. For more information, contact Joshua at 209-536-9094 ext. 236.
The photographer retains their rights to the photograph; however, they grant Reclamation (and those authorized by Reclamation) a royalty-free, world-wide, perpetual, non-exclusive license to publicly display, distribute, reproduce, and create works of the entries, in whole or in part, in any media now existing or later developed, for any Reclamation purpose, including, but not limited to, advertising and promotion, website, exhibition, and commercial products, including, but not limited to Reclamation publications. Any photograph reproduced will be given photograph credit as Bureau of Reclamation.
The New Melones Lake Visitor Center and Museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information call 209-536-9543 (TTY 800-877-8339) or visit http://www.usbr.gov/mp/ccao/newmelones/index.html.
Source: Bureau of Reclamation
