The nation’s largest national forest, Alaska’s Tongass is an ecological wonderland fed by nutrients from the Pacific. The transporters for this bounty of forest fertilizer are the annual runs of nearly 50 million salmon which spawn in the region, earning the Tongass the affectionate nickname, “The Salmon Forest”. In order to fully understand the relationship between fish and forest, accurate data on the 17,000 miles of streams is necessary. Enter Mark Hieronymus, Trout Unlimited’s Community Science Coordinator and longtime Alaska guide, who has devoted much of his time and effort to observing and documenting these runs of anadromous fish.
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