In addition to hosting huge populations of wildife, including bears, deer and eagles, the fall forest surrounding the Admiralty Island Wilderness Homestead lodge provides a bounty of berries, edible mushrooms, and rivers plugged with salmon. This Chicken of the Woods is just one of the several edible mushrooms, that we discovered on a short walk into the old growth forest. Camera: Nikon F5, 20-35mm f/2.8 Nikkor, Film: 35mm Fuji Velvia.-Mark Kelley
Admiralty Island Wilderness Homestead, Admiralty Island National Monument, Alaska – Image 2307

“As a kid in Buffalo, New York, I always wondered what it would be like to encounter a whale,” says Mark Kelley. Learn more about Mark…