We think of a forest as an ecosystem where animals eat plants. In the Tongass National Forest, it’s the other way around: The trees eat the animals. Each fall, mature salmon return to the shaded rivers, spawn and die. Just as the rivers provide a nursery for the next generation of salmon fry, the rotting carcasses of the mamas and papas create a stew of nutrients along the riverbanks.
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Animation by Alex Bowman
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Animation by Alex Bowman
