Did you know that salmon and spirit bears play a role in the air you breathe? As salmon depart from the open sea, they begin a sacred journey back to the their birthplace, bearing gifts of marine nutrients. These life-giving elements travel with the salmon, carried through the flowing waters and woven through the river currents. Where the freshwater streams meet the land, await the ethereal spirit bears, eager for a protein-rich meal. The guardians of the forest seize the salmon and carry their meal into the depths of the surrounding woods, extending the marine nutrients to the rooted trees. Nourished by the sea, the trees grow strong, offering shade, shelter, food, and the breath of life—oxygen—into the world. The nutrients the trees do not claim flow gently into the estuaries, where young salmon find refuge. In these sheltered waters, the salmon fry gather strength, preparing for their own voyage out to the boundless ocean, where the eternal cycle continues—a dance of life that co...