CATS Photo and Caption Contest Winners

First place in the CATS Scenic and Nature category: Cyntia Stacey for "Painted Heavens." — First place in the CATS Scenic and Nature category is Cyntia Stacey for “Painted Heavens.”

Fabulous photos! Captions that painted pictures!

They inspired Paul Martin Lester –Communications Professor at Cal State Fullerton (and our official judge) to write “Folks really love where you live.” And we do!

He chose the following winners for each category:

First place in the Scenic and Nature category: Cyntia Stacey for “Painted Heavens.”
First Place in the Towns and Villages category: Katherine Clark for “Westport Mural.”
First Place in the Trails category: Bethany Teitelbaum for “Name that Peak.”

Our on-line voters selected these “Peoples’ Choice” winners:

Aran Voss-Hutchins for "Champlain Sunrise" — People’s Choice First Place in the CATS Scenic and Nature category is Aran Voss-Hutchins for “Champlain Sunrise.”

Aran Voss-Hutchins for “Champlain Sunrise” in Scenic and Nature.
Barbara Beebe-Brassard for “Moriah Town Hall” in Towns and Villages.
John Zurlo for “Overcoming Fear” in Trails.

Please click here to see all the photos and the 2^nd to 5^th place winners and honorable mentions.

We thank all the people who entered the contest, voted, looked at the pictures, and support saving land and making trails.

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About Champlain Area Trails (CATS)

Champlain Area Trails (CATS) is a non-profit organization, begun in 2009, which creates and maintains hiking and cross-country ski trails in the Champlain Valley that link communities, connect people with nature, and promote economic vitality. In its short history, CATS has developed 35 miles of trails that when added to existing trails, gets it half-way toward the long-envisioned goal of a 30-mile trail loop between Westport and Essex. CATS will extend its trails to neighboring towns and eventually connect them to trails in the Adirondack Mountains, Vermont, and Quebec. Learn more on the CATS website.