Tanana Forest

The Tanana valley lies between the Alaska Range and the Yukon country, clothed in a patchwork of northern forest and wetland. Black spruce grows on cold, poorly drained ground, while white spruce, birch, aspen and poplar occupy other parts of the valley. Moose, caribou and smaller animals move through the woods, and fish ascend the rivers. Tanana Athabascan families travelled through this landscape between settlements, hunting areas and fishing places, following the changing seasons in a land of long winters and short summers.