The Chilkat River Estuary as it meets the Pacific Ocean and the Lynn Canal as seen from the air over Haines, Alaska on Thursday, May 4, 2017. The Chilkat River is an important environmental feature for the Haines Community, and has multiple salmon runs during the year. The Estuary is a rich ecological area where the glacially fed river meets the salt water of the ocean.
Haines, Alaska as seen from the air on Thursday, May 4, 2017. Haines is a rural fishing town located in the Upper Lynn Canal in South East Alaska. While about 50% of the town's income is generated by fishing, it is also near the tourism hub of Skagway, which accounts for many local businesses.
An orca calf breaches form the waters north of Shelter Island, near Juneau, Alaska on Tuesday, May 21, 2019.
Wendy Byrnes kayaks near False Outer Point beach on Shelter Island near Juneau, Alaska on Wednesday, June 19, 2019.
Fog drifts through the trees on in Skagway, Alaska on Wednesday, July 8, 2017.
Abbey Collins takes a moment of joy in the Taiya River in Haines, Alaska on Saturday, May 20.
Steven (Beerdsley) Auch, laughs as wildflowers are put into his beard on Sunday, July 8, 2018 in Haines, Alaska.
An American Bald Eagle perched in a tree outside of Skagway, Alaska, on Saturday, August 12, 2017.
Visitors and locals wait in line to slide down a slip-and-slide set up in the Parade Grounds of Fort Seward in Haines, Alaska on Sunday, May 27, 2017, following the South East Alaska Beer Fest.
Dew collects on a twisted stalk bush on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 along the Mt. Ripinski Trail in Haines, Alaska.
Nate Anderson sits on the far side of Chilkoot Lake outside of Haines, Alaska on Friday, July 2, 2018. The far side of Chilkoot lake is three miles by kayaks and is an extension of the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve.
The sun sets over the Chilkat River in Haines, Alaska on Tuesday, June 26, 2018
A section of the Alaskan Coastal Range in the White Pass outside of Skagway, Alaska at sunset on Wednesday, July 8, 2017.
Friends share a campfire at the Port Chilkoot Beach in Haines Alaska, on Monday, September 4, 2018.
Nate Anderson looks over Mount Logan, the tallest peak in Canada and second tallest peak in North America at 19,551 ft. at sunrise on Friday, September 22, 2017.
The lake below TeePee Mountain in the Yukon Territory, Canada on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017.
The fiddlehead of a Bracken fern pokes up through the moss on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. The fiddleheads are a common foraging plant during the springtime and is used in a variety of recipes.
A car parked on Officer's Row of Fort Seward, Alaska on August 12, 2017. Fort Seward was established as a military base in 1898 as a deterrent to Canadians from laying claim to the deep-water port of Haines.
Kayakers paddle on a foggy morning on Chilkoot Lake on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2017.
David (Davey) Kramer jumps into the partially frozen hanging glacial lake, named Upper Dewey Lake at 3700ft above Skagway, Alaska on Sunday, June 10, 2017.
The Chilkat Mountain Range that runs along the Chilkat River in Haines, Alaska durning a wind storm on Thursday, April 27, 2017.
Eric Steven plays the saxophone for the passing cruise ships at Kelgaya Point in Haines Alaska on Saturday, May 19, 2018.
Seasonal guides and locals share a campfire at 3700ft next to Upper Dewey Lake above Skagway, Alaska on Sunday, June 10, 2017.
A young hiker sits on a cliff above the Chilkat River on Mt. Ripinski at 3600ft on Thursday, July 19, 2018.
A red fox looks at the crowd at Steve Kroschel's Wildlife Center at Mosquito Lake, outside of Haines, Alaska on Monday, September 18, 2017.
An Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita pokes through the sphagnum moss on Wednesday, July 18, 2017. Though poisonous to ingest, the arrival of the fly amanitas are a sign of Autumn and the beginning of the harvesting season for other edible mushrooms such as the King Bolete (Boletus edulis) and Pacific Golden Chanterelles (Cantharellus formosus).
Sasha, a fully grown humpback whale, dives in the waters of Saginaw Channel near Juneau, Alaska on Monday, Aug.12, 2019.
A Temsco helicopter takes off from the Ore Dock over a Rainbow Glacier Adventures tour bus in Skagway, Alaska on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017.
A woman looks over the Lynn Canal at sunset in Skagway, Alaska on Saturday, June 19, 2018.
The Aurora Borealis, seen from Shelter Island, looking at the Alaskan Coastal Range above Juneau, Alaska on Friday, Sept.27, 2019.