Field & Stream turned its attention to Alaska's coastal temperate rain forest -- the Tongass National Forest -- this month as part of its Best Wild Places series.  Outdoor writer Darren Dorris teamed up with Tim Bristol, director of TU, Alaska Program, and Mark Kaelke, TU's Southeast Alaska project director, for several days of fresh and saltwater fishing. He also went on a guided hunt for Sitka black-tailed deer.

Read about Dorris' adventures in part one, part two and part three of the series and learn why the 17-million-acre Tongass is America's salmon forest and what TU is doing to help conserve, protect and restore this giant forest's highly productive salmon and trout watersheds.