Tampa Bay student photographer wins Florida State Parks contest

• Now a student at Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine in Saint Kitts and Nevis, Bartlin has been interested in photography "since I was a kid and could get my hands on a camera," she told Axios.
• She's visited the state park east of Tampa more than any other Florida park "and it's never lost its magic," she said.

What she's saying: "Not just in Florida, but everywhere, we are losing the wild places to housing and commercial buildings.

• "I hope that one day we might learn to live with nature and not against her, and protect all the unique species that call this planet home."

Bonus: An image of another Tampa Bay area state park, Honeymoon Island in Dunedin, won the mobile photo contest.