Jack Dykinga / Club moss {Lycopodium sp} on trunks of Sitka spruce trees {Picea sitchensis} Hoh temperate rainforest, Olympic NP, Washington, USA

Jack Dykinga / Moss covered trunks of Sitka spruce {Picea sitchensis} and Big leaf maple {Acer macrophyllum}, also Sword ferns {Polystichum munitum} Hoh temperate rainforest, Olympic NP, Washington, USA

Brian Lightfoot / Red deer damage to Sitka spruce tree {Cervus elaphus} Glen Cannich, Scotland.

Charlie Summers / Northern Pacific Sea otters (Enhydra lutris) a raft of animals in a bed of Bull Kelp, Gulf of Alaska near Sitka, USA

Charlie Summers / Northern Pacific Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) with a youngster held close, Gulf of Alaska near Sitka, USA

Konrad Wothe / American Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) Alaska, USA, July

Konrad Wothe / Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) trees covered in lichen, temperate rainforest, Hoh Rainforest, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA, August

Matthias Breiter / Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) catch hauled in by fishermen, Sitka Sound, Alaska

Matthias Breiter / Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) swimming during migration, Indian River, Sitka, Alaska

Matthias Breiter / Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) swimming during migration, Indian River, Sitka, Alaska

Matthias Breiter / Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) in Indian River during migration, Sitka, Alaska

Matthias Breiter / Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) tree trunks covered in moss, Kodiak, Alaska

Brent Stephenson / Portrait of a Sitka Black-tailed / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis) stag / buck with antlers in velvet. Petersburg, Alaska, United States, July.

Matthias Breiter / Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) migrating up Indian River during spawning season, Sitka, Alaska

Matthias Breiter / Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) migrating up Indian River during spawning season, Sitka, Alaska

Matthias Breiter / Mount Edgecumbe, Glacier Bay National Park, Sitka, Alaska

Matthias Breiter / North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) family, Sitka, Alaska

Hugh Pearson / Aerial view of coastline near Sitka, sea covered in Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) spawn, South East Alaska, March 2007

Hugh Pearson / Aerial view of coastline near Sitka, sea covered in Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) spawn, South East Alaska, March 2007

Hugh Pearson / Aerial view of coastline near Sitka, sea covered in Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) spawn, South East Alaska, March 2007

Hugh Pearson / Aerial view of coastline near Sitka, sea covered in Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) spawn, South East Alaska, March 2007

Hugh Pearson / Aerial view of coastline near Sitka, sea covered in Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) spawn, South East Alaska, USA, March 2007

Matthew Maran / Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) close up of needles, Wild Pacific Trail, Vancouver Island, Canada

Konrad Wothe / Hall of Mosses hiking trail through Bigleaf Maples (Acer macrophyllum) and Sitka Spruces (Picea sitchensis), Hoh Rainforest, Olympic National Park, Washington

Konrad Wothe / Bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) and Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) trees along Hall of Mosses hiking trail, Hoh Rainforest, Olympic National Park, Washington

Rob Tilley / Close up of bark of Sitka Spruce tree {Picea sitchensis} in temperate coastal rainforest, Cape Perpetua, Siuslaw NF, Oregon, USA

Rob Tilley / Sitka Spruce trees {Picea sitchensis} in temperate coastal rainforest, Cape Perpetua, Siuslaw NF, Oregon, USA

Rob Tilley / Sitka Spruce trees {Picea sitchensis} in temperate coastal rainforest, Cape Perpetua, Siuslaw NF, Oregon, USA

Tim Fitzharris / Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis), Olympic National Park, Washington

Duncan Mcewan / Close up of male inflorescence on Sitka spruce {Picea sitchensis) Scotland

Duncan Mcewan / Close up of female inflorescence on Sitka spruce {Picea sitchensis) Scotland

Brian Lightfoot / Sitka spruce cones {Picea sitchensis}

Doug Wechsler / Burnt clearcut of Red cedar and Sitka spruce, Quinault reservation, Washington, USA, 1984

Jack Dykinga / Moss covered trunks of Sitka spruce {Picea sitchensis} and Big leaf maple {Acer macrophyllum}, also Sword ferns {Polystichum munitum} Hoh temperate rainforest, Olympic NP, Washington, USA

Tim Fitzharris / Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) covered with moss in temperate rainforest, Hoh Rainforest, Olympic National Park, Washington

Thomas Mangelsen / Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) and Hemlock logs carried on barge, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada

Gerry Ellis / Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) in old growth forest, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada

Matthias Breiter / Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) in coastal rainforest, Carmanah Valley, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Matthias Breiter / Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) in coastal rainforest, Carmanah Valley, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Matthias Breiter / Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) in coastal rainforest, Vancouver Island, Canada

Mark Moffett / Researchers collecting insects in Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis), Carmanah Valley, Vancouver, Canada

Doug Wechsler / Sitka spruce tree trunk {Picea sitchensis} Hoh rainforest, Olympic NP, Washington, USA

Brian Lightfoot / Red deer damage to Sitka Spruce, Scotland, UK, Europe.

Matthias Breiter / Cascading creek in temperate rainforest interior, Sitka, Alaska

Matthias Breiter / Cascading creek in temperate rainforest interior, Sitka, Alaska

Matthias Breiter / Waterfall in temperate rainforest interior, Sitka, Alaska

Matthias Breiter / Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) swimming during migration, Indian River, Sitka, Alaska

Matthias Breiter / Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) in Indian River during migration, Sitka, Alaska

Matthias Breiter / Sitka Deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis) buck grazing near Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada

Matthias Breiter / Tlingit totem pole, Sitka National Historical Park, Alaska

Hiroya Minakuchi / Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) and Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) forest along coast, Inside Passage, southeast Alaska

Matthias Breiter / Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus) pair along shoreline on Baranof Island near Sitka, Alaska

Michio Hoshino / Aerial view of Sitka showing Spruce covered islands, downtown and the O'Connell bridge, Alaska