A 2011 Nautilus Book Award winner and a 2010 Independent Publisher Book Award winner, Salmon in the Trees tells the story of the Tongass, a 17 million-acre temperate rain forest fringing the coastal panhandle of Alaska and covering thousands of islands in the Alexander Archipelago. With some of the world's highest densities of grizzly bears, black bears, and bald eagles, the Tongass National Forest is a place that time hasn't quite caught up to yet. Here, millions of wild salmon are the crucial link between the forest and the sea, and shape both animal and human lives. But can the great forest's biological treasures withstand the modern pressures of a globalized world?
For two years, acclaimed nature photographer Amy Gulick paddled and trekked among the bears, misty islands, and salmon streams to photograph the intricate connections within the Tongass. Together with essays from renowned conservationists, scientists, and writers Richard Nelson, Brad Matsen, Dr. Carl Safina, Ray Troll, Rosita Worl, Richard Carstensen, John Schoen, Douglas Chadwick, and John Straley, Gulick's images tell a hopeful story of this magnificent and rare world treasure.
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Salmon in the Trees is a visually stunning book that gives shape -- and voice -- to one of North America's richest natural treasures. Gulick's photographs, combined with engaging and informative essays by some of the people who know the Tongass best, offer a multi-faceted introduction to the mind-boggling vitality of this remote and precious region. At its core, this book is an invitation to one of the world's most intact and vibrant wildernesses, and an exhortation to see this extraordinary, publicly owned resource as a model for what it is: a rare and not to be repeated opportunity to get it right. ---- John Vaillant, author of The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
A great achievement in environmental photography and ecology, this book dramatically illustrates that not only have we not seen the forest for the trees, we also haven't understood the salmon, bears, and other interconnected parts of the natural world that we depend on. ----- Gary Braasch, author of Secrets of the Old Growth Forest and Earth Under Fire: How Global Warming is Changing the World
Salmon in the Trees is an engaging and honest chronicle of one of our most important, resourcefully rich, and internationally significant national forests. Amy Gulick captures the stunning breadth of the land, while still enabling viewers to interact with the environment on an intimate level. --Art Wolfe, photographer
A great achievement in environmental photography and ecology, this book dramatically illustrates that not only have we not seen the forest for the trees, we also haven't understood the salmon, bears, and other interconnected parts of the natural world that we depend on. ----- Gary Braasch, author of Secrets of the Old Growth Forest and Earth Under Fire: How Global Warming is Changing the World
Salmon in the Trees is an engaging and honest chronicle of one of our most important, resourcefully rich, and internationally significant national forests. Amy Gulick captures the stunning breadth of the land, while still enabling viewers to interact with the environment on an intimate level. --Art Wolfe, photographer
About the Author
AMY GULICK is an acclaimed photographer and writer whose work has been featured in Audubon, Outdoor Photographer, National Wildlife, and Sierra magazines. She is a Fellow with the International League of Conservation Photographers, and has received numerous honors including: the Daniel Housberg Wilderness Image Award from the Alaska Conservation Foundation, the Voice of the Wild Award from the Alaska Wilderness League, and a Lowell Thomas Award from the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation.
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Amy Gulick is an acclaimed nature photographer and writer, and a Fellow with the International League of Conservation Photographers. Her images and stories have been featured in Audubon, National Wildlife, Outdoor Photographer, and other publications. Her book "Salmon in the Trees: Life in Alaska's Tongass Rain Forest" is the winner of two Nautilus Book Awards and an Independent Publisher Book Award. She is the recipient of the prestigious Daniel Housberg Wilderness Image Award from the Alaska Conservation Foundation, and a Lowell Thomas Award from the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation. www.salmoninthetrees.org
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Salmon in the Trees is as beautiful to look at as it is eye-opening to read. The photographs are spectacular and the essays are thought provoking. "Salmon in the Trees" is such a curious name it made me wonder what Amy could have been referring to. Read on and you'll find out and see amazing images that illustrate her points and those of the contributing writers she has collected. This is a gorgeous book that belongs in the hands of our kids learning about the world they live in (and maybe a few old kids, too). We all have something to learn from it. Our futures may very well depend on it. Nice job, Amy. I love it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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In every way, an utterly beautiful book. The narrative draws the reader into the unique world that is Southeast Alaska. The photos are sublime, and complement the verbal experience. The reader is left with a picture of a world where Nature survives intact, where Mankind is an integral part of the world, rather than its destroyer. This book provides not only an image of a present that preserves the past; it provides a format for the future.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Amical
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This is a luscious gathering of various people sharing about a very special area of the world; the Tongas National Forest. I like to savor it bit by bit as one would a very special delicacy, ingesting only a small amount at a time so I can fully enjoy each piece. The pictures are fabulous and I'm enjoying each mouthful!
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Beautiful Book
Beautiful Book !! Arrived quickly and well packaged. Very interesting and will a DVD. I will share it with others who traveled with me to Alaska
Published 5 months ago by Jean M Brown
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Wonderful souvenir
After enjoying a marvellous holiday in the Tongass rain forest this book has helped to make sense of all that we observed. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Dougal
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Salmon In The Trees
Salmon In The Trees by Amy Gulick is a story of hope told by the photographers images, captivating words & several scientists . Read more
Published 9 months ago by Susan J. Olson
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Exceptional, insightful and inspiring
The only problem I had with this book was that, when I finished it, I wished it would have gone on forever. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Ken Salzman
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Are there really salmon in the trees?
What an odd title for a book! Indeed, as photographer Gulick points out, the very nutrients that sustain some of the world's great forests come directly from decayed salmon. Read more
Published 11 months ago by WKB
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If you enjoy Nature, this is a must!
I had the privilage of seeing author Amy Gulick at a photography confrence about a year ago. It was there that I was first introduced to her book "Salmon in the Trees" when images... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Ram Pros, USA
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The whole of Southeast Alaska
As a forty year resident of Alaska, I've seen many, many photo books documenting the richness of the state's natural world, and particularly that of the rain forests of Southeast... Read more
Published on October 17, 2010 by L. Schooler (specialx@alaska.net)
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Beware of Sealaska, clearcutters of the Tongass
Rosita Worl is Board Vice Chair of the Sealaska Corporation, a for-profit corporation with a disgraceful history of clear-cutting the Tongass Rainforest. Read more
Published on July 6, 2010 by Roger L. Dipaolo Jr.
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Gorgeous Photos, Cluttered Content
A few weeks ago my copy of Salmon in the Trees arrived on my doorstep. I was immediately taken by the rich photographs. Read more
Published on April 22, 2010 by Dayna R. Stern
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Breathtaking photography with an important message
Alaska's rain forest is a national treasure, and the photographs of its ecosystem in this book is incredible. Read more
Published on March 22, 2010 by Elizabeth A. Khan
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