Throughout the month of June, the Ocean County Library’s Little Egg Harbor branch is displaying photographs of Southern Ocean County’s natural splendor, and the creatures that inhabit it, by local artist Kate Sanchez.

Sanchez, who is the branch’s youth services librarian, said she has been smitten with the outdoors since childhood. By high school age, she began to preserve the beauty of her surroundings in photos. Now, each image underscores our delicate ecological balance.