_{FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE}

_{CONTACT: Pete Rishel, Deputy Press Secretary, (717) 772-9101}

Bureau of State Parks Announces Photography Contest Winners

_{HARRISBURG (May 10, 1996) -- The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) announced today the winners in its annual State Parks photography contest.}

_{Grand Prize Winner Irene Derise of East Meadows, New York, won one week of free cabin use in a Pennsylvania state park for her black and white photo "Frolicking at the Falls," which was taken at Promised Land State Park, Pike County.}

_{The Bureau of State Parks is currently accepting entries for its 1996 contest.}

_{Amateur photographers may submit 8"x10" or 8"x12" black and white or colored prints in the following categories: wildlife, plants, park activities, landscape, historical and park employee/volunteer.}

_{The grand prize is one week of cabin use in a Pennsylvania state park. Category winners receive one week of free camping or one day's free use of a picnic pavilion.}

_{The deadline for submitting entries to any state park office is Oct. 31, 1996. Entries will be judged for originality, composition and execution. The decisions of the judges are final. The winning entries will be displayed in state park exhibits and visitor centers.}

_{All entries must be the original work of the contestant and must have been taken in a Pennsylvania State Park. Entry forms and contest details are available at any state park office and at the Bureau of State Parks, P.O. Box 8551, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8551, or by calling 1-800-63-PARKS.}

_{(Editors Note: Attached is a list of winners and exhibit locations.)}

_{PENNSYLVANIA BUREAU OF STATE PARKS}

_{1995 PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST WINNERS}

_{Grand Prize Winner}

_{Irene Derise}

_{East Meadow, NY}

_{"Frolicking at the Falls," Promised Land State Park}

_{Winners-Black and White Photography}

_{Plants: Kern F. Little}

_{Uniontown, Pa.}

_{"Rhododendron," Black Moshannon State Park}

_{Landscape: Irene Gordon}

_{Nazareth, Pa.}

_{"The Stone Arch," Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center}

_{Wildlife: Kern F. Little}

_{Uniontown, Pa.}

_{"Resting Buck in Velvet," Laurel Hill State Park}

_{History:Irene Gordon}

_{Nazareth, Pa.}

_{"View into the Past," Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center}

_{Winners- Color Photography}

_{Plants: Mary C. Baker}

_{`Wyoming, Pa.}

_{"Cattails," Frances Slocum State Park}

_{Landscape:Dr. James Mrozek}

_{New Castle, Pa.}

_{"Beautiful Ending," Cook State Forest}

_{Wildlife: Debra Fuller}

_{Media, Pa.}

_{"Beautiful Ending," Cook Forest State Park}

_{Park Activity: Irene DeRise}

_{East Meadow, NY}

_{"Frolicking at the Falls," Promised Land State Park}

_{History: James W. Arbogast}

_{Renfrew, Pa.}

_{"Light in the Sky," Point State Park}

_{Park Employee: Jim Kempner}

_{Emporium, Pa.}

_{"Slithery Business," Sizerville State Park}

_{PENNSYLVANIA BUREAU OF STATE PARKS}

_{1995 PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST WINNERS}

_{EXHIBIT LOCATIONS AND DATES}

_{Northcentral Pennsylvania}

_{Year-round Lyman Run State Park}

_{Year-round Leonard Run State Park}

_{Year-round Ole Bull State Park}

_{Year-round Parker Dam State Park}

_{Year-round R.B. Winter State Park}

_{June 12-23 Poe Valley State Park}

_{June 26-July 7 Bald Eagle State Park}

_{July 10- 21 Sizerville State Park}

_{July 24-August 4 Hills Creek State Park}

_{August 7-18 Little Pine State Park}

_{August 21-September 1 Black Moshannon State Park}

_{September 4-15 Chapman State Park}

_{Western Pennsylvania}

_{Year-round Region 2 Office, Prospect, Pa.}

_{Year-round Keystone State Park}

_{Year-round Presque Isle State Park}

_{Year-round Pymatuning State Park}

_{Year-round Laurel Hill State Park}

_{Year-round Moraine State Park}

_{Year-round Yellow Creek State Park}

_{Year-round Raccoon Creek State Park}

_{Year-round Cook Forest State Park}

_{Year-round Ohiopyle State Park}

_{Year-round Jennings Environmental Education Center}

_{Year-round Ryerson Station State Park}

_{Year-round M.K. Goddard State Park}

_{Year-round McConnells Mill State Park}

_{Southcentral Pennsylvania}

_{Year-round Region 3 Office, Schellsburg, Pa.}

_{Year-round Little Buffalo State Park}

_{Year-round Greenwood Furnace State Park}

_{Year-round Canoe Creek State Park}

_{Year-round Cowans Gap State Park}

_{Year-round Pine Grove Furnace State Park}

_{Year-round Codorus State Park}

_{Year-round Kings Gap State Park}

_{Eastern Pennsylvania}

_{Year-round Region 4 Office, Perkasie, Pa.}

_{Year-round Hickory Run State Park}

_{Year-round Marsh Creek State Park}

_{` Year-round Ridley Creek State Park}

_{Year-round Beltzville State Park}

_{Year-round Nockamixon State Park}

_{Year-round Frances Slocum State Park}

_{Year-round Promised Land State Park}

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