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First place winner Monarch's First Rain by Will Vuyk ($125 gift certificate)
Second place winner Autumn Rain in the Drain by Hope Conigliaro ($75 gift certificate)
Judging was difficult - so many amazing photos! Many thanks to all submitters for getting out and sharing your Shorewood!
Mediterranean Midwest by Paul Matzner
Monarch at Atwater by Paul Matzner
WoodburmyStormGUARDen by Kathleen Duppler
Tiny Drops on Clematis by Amanda Gilman
Thanks to judges Angela Andre, Shorewood Public Library Graphic Designer; Anna Coffaro, Shorewood resident and artist; Kristin Amenson, Shorewood Waters Project graphic designer and photographer.
Judging parameters:
(1) relevance to the optic of rain and stormwater; (2) Shorewood Water Walk map locations, landscapes and native plants; and (3) artistic expression.
1 Drops on Kale; Melissa VanderMel
2 Beautiful, on the Inside; Melissa VanderMel
3 I See You; Melissa VanderMel
4 Monarch's 1st Rain; Will Vuyk
5 Fog Rolling in Before Storm; Carrie Delgado
6 Tiny Drops on Clematis; Amanda Gilman
7 Where does it end on Woodburn St.?; Kathleen Duppler
8 Flower in the Rain; Hope Conigliaro
9 Falling with the Rain; Hope Conigliaro
10 Reflecting Rain; Hope Conigliaro
11 Leaves in the Rain; Hope Conigliaro
12 Down the Drain; Hope Conigliaro
13 Autumn Rain; Hope Conigliaro
14 Rainy Day on River, Debbi Gartenberg
15 Atwater Beach; Stephanie Sherman
16 Clearing Up; Atwater Beach; Ben Pagenkopf
17 Monarch at Atwater; Paul Matzner
18 Rain Forecast; Paul Matzner
19 Tree in Rain at Atwater; Paul Matzner
20 Grasses at Atwater; Paul Matzner
21 Mediterranean Midwest; Paul Matzner
22 Rain on Mums; Kathleen Duppler
23 After Rain, Overlooking Hubbard Park; Dawn Stanger
24 Fall Colors at Atwater; Ariella Jeansonne
25 Leaf with Drops; Pira Jordan
26 Fall Colors - Atwater Bluff; Jaime Flynn
27 Woodbury StormGUARDen; Kathleen Duppler
28 Puddles on Walk; Kathleen Duppler
29 Puddle Love; Amanda Gilman
30 Red leaf in the rain; Ann Biersteker
31 Bioswale to the Rescue; Alyssa Forseth
Rain either soaks into the ground or flows over the land as stormwater and then into storm drains. Along stormwater's path the flow cleans the land picking up trash of all kinds, chemicals from leaky vehicles and from lawns and gardens (fertilizer and pesticides), dog and animal waste and road salt in winter. In Shorewood, the storm drains discharge to the Milwaukee River, Lake Michigan or to the combined sewer system (treated by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District).
To keep our waterways clean and limit the amount of dirty stormwater, the goal is to keep the land clean and the rain where it falls to infiltrate into the ground as much as possible.