It’s August on Revillagigedo Island north of Ketchikan, and the salmon are running in Neets Bay Creek. These fish are about to spawn and die. It’s the end of their life cycle, but many other cycles are in evidence here.
When the salmon come, the harbor seals come with them, looking for a meal. The eagles are watching, even if they lack the motivation to hunt right now. The gulls feed voraciously on fish carcasses that litter the stream banks. The carcasses come courtesy of the bears that fish here. With so many fish, the bear population is large and the animals are getting fat. Even the sows and cubs get plenty to eat.
The fishermen are here. Their incentive is profit rather than nourishment. So are the tourists, hungry for an experience of nature that no longer exists in urban America. In the vast wilderness that is Southeast Alaska, every one covets the salmon.It’s August on Revillagigedo Island north of Ketchikan, and the salmon are running in Neets Bay Creek. These fish are about to spawn and d...all »It’s August on Revillagigedo Island north of Ketchikan, and the salmon are running in Neets Bay Creek. These fish are about to spawn and die. It’s the end of their life cycle, but many other cycles are in evidence here.
When the salmon come, the harbor seals come with them, looking for a meal. The eagles are watching, even if they lack the motivation to hunt right now. The gulls feed voraciously on fish carcasses that litter the stream banks. The carcasses come courtesy of the bears that fish here. With so many fish, the bear population is large and the animals are getting fat. Even the sows and cubs get plenty to eat.
The fishermen are here. Their incentive is profit rather than nourishment. So are the tourists, hungry for an experience of nature that no longer exists in urban America. In the vast wilderness that is Southeast Alaska, every one covets the salmon.«
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