Light shines through the canopy in a young-growth stand on Kosciusko Island. This stand was originally clearcut harvested in 1955 and was one of the first stands to be precommercially thinned on the Forest. Harvested stands regenerate abundantly—it can be common to have over 5,000 trees per acre in a 15 year old stand
Fish Creek, Tongass National Forest, Alaska © Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com
