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Best Idaho photos for February 2009 . . . |
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Shawn Gust of the Coeur d'Alene Press wins News Photo of the Month and $150 for this shot of a crew of Idaho Department of Fish and Game staff and local volunteers moving a moose cow weighing more than 800 pounds to a trailer for relocating Tuesday, Feb. 10, after safely sedating the animal. The moose and its calf had been sighted in downtown Coeur d'Alene for the previous week. |
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Greg Kreller of the Idaho Press-Tribune wins Feature Photo of the Month and $150 for capturing Karen Kitson taking Lady, a 6-year-old Chihuahua, for a ride along Caldwell Boulevard Tuesday, Feb. 24, in Nampa. |
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Idaho Contributor of the Month and $150 is the Idaho Statesman, with its stellar coverage of the Special Olympics World Winter Games and a total 77 submissions for the month.
At right a delegate from Sudan presents a globe that was placed as symbol and decoration on the cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games at the Idaho Center in Nampa on Saturday, Feb. 7.
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More great Idaho shots for February 2009 . . . |
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AP Photo/The Moscow-Pullman Daily News, Geoff Crimmins |
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Morning frost clings to a dead weed that was growing along a county road north of Moscow, Idaho, on Friday, Feb. 20. |
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AP Photo/Kris Millgate |
Denny Austad stands next to elk, deer and antelope heads in Ammon, Idaho on Tuesday, Jan. 20. He has several trophies in the room including a state record. His most recent trophy, the world's largest bull elk, is on display at a hunting expo in Utah. The physicist spent a decade modifying math formulas for rifle and ammunition performance. |
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AP Photo/Coeur d'Alene Press, Jerome A. Pollos |
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Leaves create an impression of their outline while sinking in the softening snow Monday, Feb. 23, near Tubbs Hill in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. |
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AP Photo/Coeur d'Alene Press, Shawn Gust |
Roger Matheson, an arborist for Grace Tree Service, climbs a 90-foot pine Wednesday, Feb. 4, to fell the tree in sections on a golf course. The company was contracted by the Hayden Lake Country Club to remove more than 25 unhealthy species from the grounds. |
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Please respect AP and individual photographer copyrights. Prepared Feb. 28, 2009 Refer comments to apseattle@ap.org |