Winning images of our weekly photo contest
A highway stretches into the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park that borders Utah and Arizona on March 31. This is the road the movie Forrest Gump made famous.
Mark Peschke of Gurnee
The restored prairie and savanna on the Interpretive Trail in Batavia this month. The area was developed by the Fermilab Prairie Committee under the sponsorship of the U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Lynne Solway of Buffalo Grove
Blackhawks goalie Anton Forsberg watches a puck sail past him into the goal during the Chicago Blackhawks vs. Colorado Avalanche game at the United Center on March 19.
John Wysocki of Mount Prospect
A nighttime look at the Washington Monument in Washington D.C. on March 24.
Jim Kristof of Lake Barrington
Due to the strong winds from the north, Lake Michigan was in turmoil near Montrose Beach in Chicago on April 14.
Beverly Buchinger of Hoffman Estates
This was an amazing day hike with my son, Todd, and my grandson, Will. The warm day made the ice glisten, and the blue sky and the clouds were stunning. Matanuska Glacier is about two hours east of Anchorage, Alaska.
Tom Knutson of West Chicago
At my winter home here in Brooksville, FL, "Freddy" (my nickname for the alligator) came to say goodbye to me before I left for Wheaton.
Cathy Godfrey of Wheaton
Gate at the Japanese Garden at Fabyan Forest Preserve in Geneva. It is a great park to visit. It has a beautiful landscape and very interesting history.
Aline Thurler Rondon Moller of Naperville
I took this photo at Everglades National Park. This hungry black bird captured a snake out of the water, skinned it, and had his meal right in front of our tour group of 12 people.
Carol Cody of Huntley
On April 15, a cold morning rain turned to ice on my bushes and trees here in Huntley making for some beautiful close-up photos. This one is of a bush located on the south side of my patio.
Joanne Clevenger of Huntley
Wondrous magical art in Nature with ice melting on our window screen today as the weather changed from cold and drizzly to cold and snowing and back to cold and drizzly.
Arlene Victoria Eckert of Pingree Grove
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