Game Bird Stamp Art Contest winners selected | News, Sports, Jobs

Timothy Turenne and Joanna Maney are the winners of the state’s Activity Chicken Stamp Art Contest, the state Department of Land and All-natural Resources’ Division of Forestry and Wildlife declared Wednesday.

Turenne was the winner of the video game bird stamp that depicted the chukar partridge, a popular activity hen introduced to Hawaii in 1923. Turenne has received much more than 20 art stamp contests because turning into a total-time wildlife artist in 2006, according to a news release.

Maney was the winner of the conservation stamp depicting the ‘i’iwi, a honeycreeper that is federally mentioned as threatened statewide. She has participated in volunteer and fowl rehab systems considering the fact that her early teens and grew to become enamored with native species in Hawaii following first observing an ‘i’iwi in 2017. She at this time lives in Honolulu with her spouse and two sons.

The two new stamps will be accessible for the new 2022-23 looking year. The conservation stamp is demanded on the Hawaii condition looking license, and the recreation hen looking stamp is expected for these intending to hunt game birds.

The ‘i‘iwi is proven on the successful entry for the conservation stamp.

The stamps will be readily available on July 1 to collectors by calling (808) 587-0166 or browsing the DOFAW workplace at 1151 Punchbowl St., Area 325, in Honolulu.