In Alaska's Tongass rain forest, one of the rarest ecosystems on Earth, everything is interconnected. Millions of wild salmon feed an abundance of bears and bald eagles, while Native cultures and local communities benefit from the gifts of both the forest and the sea.
Award-winning photographer, Amy Gulick, captures both the wild and human lives of this rich landscape in the new book Salmon in the Trees: Life in Alaska's Tongass Rain Forest. At close to 17 million acres, the Tongass boasts nearly a third of all that remains of the world's rare old-growth temperate rain forests, making it both a national and worldwide treasure. Gulick's images, partnered with essays and research from leading scientists and conservationists pose the question: How long can the biological riches of
the Tongass withstand the global demands for timber, seafood, and minerals? Exploring the natural habitat, wildlife, and people throughout the misty islands of the Alexander Archipelago, where millions of wild salmon are the crucial link between land and sea, this book provides a hopeful resolution to that very question.
Featuring essays from renowned conservationists, scientists, and journalists, including, Richard Carstensen, Douglas Chadwick, Brad Matsen, Richard Nelson, Carl Safina, John Schoen, John Straley, and Rosita Worl, along with illustrations from Ray Troll, Salmon in the Trees provides a multi-perspective approach to conserving a rare landscape. Having spent years photographing the grizzly bears, humpback whales, the Mendenhall Glacier, Native cultures, glacier fjords, small harbor towns, flora and fauna of this diverse region, Amy Gulick showcases the magnificence of the Tongass, for all its beauty as well as its importance in the greater environmental conversation.
Amy Gulick is an award-winning photojournalist and a Fellow with the International League of Conservation Photographers. Her images and stories have been featured in Audubon, National Wildlife, Nature's Best Photography and Sierra. She lives in North Bend, WA.
Tongass -- this abundant treasure needs protection
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