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Photos of humpback whales bubble-net feeding, the Hoonah Ranger District office building, two people standing on a wooden bridge, and a bowl of huckleberries and blueberries.

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Photos

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Forest Service Interpreter Robin Hasselquist readies the new Tongass National Forest, Hoonah Ranger District interpretive site for opening day.		The new Interpretive Site and Icy Strait Point. This site is operated in cooperation with Icy Strait Point to inform visitors about the Tongass National Forest through which they have been traveling. Here the visitor can find information about wildlife, fish, birds, plants, and ecosystems of the Tongass National Forest.
Red huckleberries and blueberries fill a bowl.	King crabs draw an admiring audience.

A bear stands upright in shallow water eating a freshly-caught salmon.

A bear enjoys a fresh snack
in Spasski Creek.

Mist shrouds the shore and dims the distant hillside reflected in mirror-smooth water.

A misty day reminds that the
Tongass is a rain forest.

Fish jump in the tea-colored water of a small stream as an angler watches.

Fish jump near a
wading angler.

A seine boat purses its seine and begins hauling in a load of fish.

A commercial seiner hauls
in a load of fish.

Salmon swirl and teem in the water as the net tightens around them.

Salmon teem in the water
within the seine.

Captured fish are pulled against the side of a seiner as the crew prepares to haul them aboard.

Hauling a seine with
a load of fish.

The snow-covered peaks of the Fairweather Range flow pink in a winter sunset.

The Fairweathers bathe in
alpenglow on a clear winter day.

A tree-covered rock thrusts above calm water as the sun sets in the distance, turning the sky pink.

Sunset paints the sky
a soft pink.

The snowy peaks of the Fairweather Range rise in the background as a field sits under a thin layer of snow in the foreground.

The Fairweather Mountains rise
above a frozen field.

USDA Forest Service - Tongass National Forest Accessibility Statement
Last Modified: June 10, 2009