- 3rd Place, Natural Habitat
- Bryan Patrick/The Sacramento Bee
Curious burrowing owls peek over at the Wildhorse Golf Course. A statewide effort is going on to count burrowing owls, a species of concern because so much land is being developed. One of the best areas remaining is Wildhorse Golf Course, where students have built holes for the owls. The owls congregating at several nest sites on course.
- 1st
- George Rizer
- The Boston Globe
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- Daniel Beltra
- 3rd
- Bryan Patrick
- The Sacramento Bee
- HM
- RJ SANGOSTI
- THE DENVER POST
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