Swamp forest, Kuiu Island, Tongass National Forest, southeast Alaska, USA.
The Alexander Archipelago Forest Reserve was established by Theodore Roosevelt in a presidential proclamation of 20 August 1902. Another presidential proclamation made by Roosevelt, on 10 September 1907, created the Tongass National Forest. On 1 July 1908, the two forests were joined, with the combined forest area encompassing most of southeast Alaska. The Tongass National Forest is home to about 75,000 people who are dependent on the land for their livelihoods. Several Alaska Native tribes live throughout Southeast Alaska, such as the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian. 31 communities are located within the forest; the largest is Juneau, the state capital, with a population of 31,000. The forest is named for the Tongass group of the Tlingit people, who inhabited the southernmost areas of the Alaska panhandle near what is now Ketchikan.
Size: 5242px × 3493px
Location: Inside Passage, Alaska, USA, United States, America
Photo credit: © Ellen Barone / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: adventure, alaska, america, bog, boggy, education, expedition, marsh, muskeg, quagmire, tourism, travel, trees, usa
