Water Portrait: Reeds on Conboy Lake | Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Reeds take up in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge during the spring Melt. The Refuge, which rest below the eastern side of Mt Adams is home migratory birds, elk, bear and during the summer, dries up providing fertile farm land.

Water Portrait: Beigich Boggs | Chugach National Forest

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands.

Water Portrait: Lake Ann (Aerial) | North Cascades National Park

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands. DETAIL Aerial view of Lake Ann in the North Cascades National park.

Water Portrait: Wetland Bloom | Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands. Detail: Wetland water plants bloom beneath blue skies in the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge at the mouth of the Puget Sound.

Water Portrait: Sulphur Creek, Bumpass Hell | Lassen Volcanic National Park

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands.

Water Portrait: Marsh Pond | Conboy National Wildlife Refuge

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands.

Water Portrait: Hoh River | Olympic National Park

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in the Pacific Northwest

Water Portrait: Glen Helen Spring | Glen Helen Natural Monument

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands.

Water Portrait: Stillaguamish River | Big Four Mountain, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands.

Water Portrait: Sulphur Springs | Lassen Volcanic National Park

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands.

Water Portrait: Bog | Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands.

Water Portrait: Grand Prismatic Spring | Yellowstone National Park

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands.

Water Portrait: In the Current | Ouachita National Forest

Tree roots from trace past edges of a creek flowing through the Ouachita National Forest.

Water Portrait: Prairie Creek | Redwood National and State Parks

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands.

Water Portrait: Lower Falls Plume | Yellowstone National Park

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands.

Water Portrait: Snag and Glacier Flour Blue | Olympic National Park

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands.

Water Portrait: Crater Lake | Crater Lake National Park

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands.

Water Portrait: Taft Creek, Hoh Rainforest | Olympic National Park

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands.

Water Portrait: Puget Sound, Washington

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands.

Water Portrait: Stillaguamish River | Mt.Baker-Snoqulamie National Forest

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands.

Water Portrait: Stevens Creek Eddy | Mt. Rainier National Park

Melt water from the Paradise Glacier gathers to form Stevens Creek at Mt Rainier National Park.

Waterportrait: Grand Prismatic Spring Run Off | Yellowstone National Park

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands.

Water Portrait: Glacier Kettle | Vatnajokul National Park, Iceland

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands. Detail: Sediments accumulate creating a kettle (aka: Glacier Pothole) on Isafell Glacier on the south coast of Iceland.

Water Portrait: Skykomish River | Index, Washington

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands.

Water Portrait: Marsh Pond | Conboy National Wildlife Refuge

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands.

Water Portrait: Excelsior Hot Spring | Yellowstone National Park

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands.

Water Portrait: North Fork Quinnault River | Olympic National Park

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands.

Water Portrait: Autumn, Shadow Lake | Mt. Rainier National Park

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands.

Waterportrait: Fish Lake | Fishlake National Forest

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands.

Water Portrait: Sunburst on Glacial Kettle | Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands. Details: Late afternoon sun burst illuminates a kettle on the Kinnicot Glacier in Wrangell-St Elias National Park

Water Portrait: Portage Lake Confluence | Chugach National Forest

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands.

Water Portrait: Melt Stream #2, Carbon River Rainforest | Mt Rainier National Park

One of a series of photos documenting water and the water cycle in wilderness lands.