Where the Rivers Run Red

Cover of 'Oceanographic' magazine, issue 37, featuring a bear standing in rushing water with a title about wild Alaska rivers and oceans.

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A brown bear standing in a river, holding a large fish in its mouth, with a blurred green forest background.

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Never before has the dependent relationship between the world’s densest brown bear population and nature become more evident than when standing in the middle of the Alaskan salmon run in Katmai National Park.

A black and white landscape photo of a bear on a small island in a lake, with mountains in the background and cloudy sky above.

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It is no mystery that the population of this world continues to grow, and with it, the amount of developed land, resulting in an ever diminishing lack of truly wild places. Despite this, there are still hidden gems that remain mostly untouched, and I believe that deep down, buried in our biology, all of us have the urge and desire to find these places. As a photographer, guide, and fly fisherman, I tend to follow those desires and thus, my travels led me to perhaps the most wild place the United States has to offer, Alaska.

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