Friends Photo Contest

Every year, we ask you—our community—to show us the Kickapoo Valley Reserve through your lens. Send in your favorite shots from hikes, paddles, and quiet moments outdoors. After submissions close, a few standout images (2–4 each year) are chosen and featured as that year’s winners.

Submit Your 2026 Photo Contest Application Here

* Entries accepted September 1–October 16, 2026.

The Friends of the KVR annual digital photography contest is now accepting entries. All photos must be taken within the KVR or depict activities at the Reserve and may be submitted in black & white or color. Individuals may submit up to 3 images in .jpg format, up to 8 MB each.

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Upload your photos. Max 8 MB each. Please include title.

Photo #1 Title

Photo #1

Photo #2 Title

Photo #2

Photo #3 Title

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All Winners

Approaching Lucky 13

Brittany Pierpont

Tree at Potts Corner

Peaceful Ending

Sucheta Connolly

Covered Bridge Ahead

Brittany Pierpont

Wings of Wonder

Butterfly Dream

Jahnavi Maryanski

A View from Below

Spring Leaves on the Kickapoo

Rolling Down the River

Autumn Alpenglow

Twelve-spotted Skimmer

Foggy Morning Garden, KVR

Full Moon Rising Over the Kickapoo

Building a Home

Jug Creek Road Sunrise

Dennis Panczenko

Paddling to Rockton

Farmers Spots Fish

Oriole in Bluebells

Dennis Panczenko

Solstice, Camp PP

All Winners

Canada geese reflection

Concerned Parents at the Blind

The Quiet Season at Bridge 18

Along the Old 131 Trail, August 20, 2024

Roland Flessner

Log Face Mask with Leaf Feather

Refreshed at the Reserve

Brittany Pierpont

Jana Muehlenkamp

Double-trunk Pine, R.I.P.

At the Bottom of Jug Creek Trail

Winter Composition

Weister creek Fall equinox

David Jablonowski

Purple coneflower

Mid day duck swim

Painter laying eggs

Winter wonderland Cut Off Trail

Magical morning along Warner Creek

KVR Nodding Pogonia

Winter Festival Red-tailed Hawk

Tiger Swallowtail on Hoary Vervain

Jay Roth-Reynolds

Harvest Supermoon

Pollinators' Paradise

Dennis Panczenko

Reflections of Summertime

Winter Landscape

A Dandelion Day at Ma & Pa's

Splash of Sunshine

Daughter and Mother Kickapoo Rendezvous

Timothy Boudreau

Autumn sets upon the Kickapoo

Modern Nature trails

Enjoying the Old 131 Trail

Jana Muehlenkamp

Jana Muehlenkamp

Bridge on a Snowy Day

Shadows by the Ice

Exploring off old 131

Kristine Da Prato

Running to the bird blind

Kristine Da Prato

Picking off seeds and watching turtles

Kristine Da Prato

Beauty of Nature

Coon Creek Sunrise

Beauty in the valley

Springtime at JCT 131

Kendra Muehlenkamp

Beauty of the butterfly

Kendra Muehlenkamp

Unknown destination

Kendra Muehlenkamp

Weister Creek Crossing

Kickapoo Valley Sunrise

Painted Turtle (traveling between ponds near bridge 18)

Elusive American Bittern, pond near bridge 18

Pond Near Bridge 18

Puttyroot Orchid

Common Buckeye on Goldenrod

Purple-fringed orchid

Wintergreen Trail

Natasha Bouchette

Birthday Hike at the KVR

Natasha Bouchette

Campsite Sunrise

Natasha Bouchette

Boat in the mist

Ice Cave Marbles

Milkweed Whispers

Jana Muehlenkamp

Rust Never Sleeps

Milkweed Explosion

Smiling Winterfest Llama

Rock Cove, Hay Valley Trail

The Lady's Slipper

The Lady's Slipper

End of the Wintergreen Trail

Kickapoo Valley Reserve Ice Cave

Valerie L Ewing

Valerie L Ewing

Take a Hike ~ West Ridge Trail

Valerie L Ewing

Sandhill Crane Family

Norskedalen Fall Colors

Bethanie A Anderson

Bethanie A Anderson

Bluff along the Kickapoo

Autumn Panorama

Jay Roth-Reynolds

Jay Roth-Reynolds

Kickapoo Valley Reserve, Campsite K

Bee on a Thistle

Friends Photo Contest