Meet the winners of MyRWA’s
Picture the Mystic photo contest

The Mystic River Watershed Association (MyRWA) is proud to announce the following winners in its year-long search for photographs that illustrate the glories and the challenges of the Mystic River watershed:

Landscape

1. Bill Eidson, Arlington
Sunfish on Mystic Lake

2. Bill Eidson, Arlington
Winchester Center Falls

3. David Adams, Medford
Calm after the floods, Medford

Recreation

1. Bill Eidson, Arlington
Fetching a stick in Mystic Lake

2. Ladonna Larson, Woburn
Sculling on Mystic River, Medford

3. Rita Houghton, Somerville
Rowing near Draw 7 Park

Honorable mention:
Rita Houghton, Somerville
Fishing at Draw 7 Park



Thanks to the judges, both professional photographers:

Tom Palmer of Milton
Mike Pigeon of Lowell

Nature/Wildlife

1. Anne Hamlin, Medford
Bracket fungus, Middlesex Fells,
Stoneham

2. Roger Frymire, Cambridge
Queen Anne's Lace, Spectacle Island,
Boston

3. Minka van Beuzekom, Cambridge
Aquatic snails on driftwood, Chelsea

Honorable mention:
Bryan Hamlin, Medford
Deptford Pink, Lawrence Woods,
Medford

Pollution

1. Rita Houghton, Somerville
Turtle resting on discarded shoe,
Mystic River near Assembly Square

2. Rita Houghton, Somerville
Shell-encrusted bottle, Draw 7 Park

3. Rita Houghton, Somerville
Crab caught in fishing line, Draw 7 Park