RICHMOND—The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) sixth annual Restore the Wild Artwork Competition is open for submissions.
This year artists are asked to create original pieces depicting the Rafinesque’s big-eared bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii), a medium-sized bat that lives in Virginia’s Coastal Plain and is designated as a state endangered species. The Rafinesque’s big-eared bat has enormous ears and large, protruding facial glands that give them an oddly charming face and roosts in hollow trees and abandoned buildings, reported public information officer Shelby Crouch.
Artists may submit their work in two different categories, Artistic Expression and Natural History Illustration. There also are two age-based youth….
