People gathered hooligan by the bucket at the mouth of the Chilkoot River on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

Tim Ackerman says it’ll be a high tide, sometime in the next few weeks; first the gulls and sea lions will gather at the mouths of the Chilkat and Chilkoot, then the water will take on an unusual look in the light – calm spots, Ackerman says, and then oil…

Will Steinfeld is a documentary photographer and reporter in Southeast Alaska, formerly in New England.