When Aaron and Katherine (“K.K.”) Prussian moved to Thorne Bay, Alaska on Prince of Wales Island to take jobs with the Forest Service’s watershed restoration program, their work may have felt a bit like a stream in a forest of big trees — overshadowed.
Thorne Bay was for many years home to one of North America’s largest logging camps, and timber production has remained a major focus of Forest Service activities there.
But Aaron, a biologist, and K.K., a hydrologist, quickly seized an opportunity to make a real difference.