About the cover and photographer

A Great Gray Owl at Lake Hood in Anchorage, Alaska. © 2026 Erik Hill

Erik Hill is an Anchorage, Alaska photographer. Following four years at the Kansas City Star, he worked from 1984–2017 as a photographer for the Anchorage Daily News. Among his memorable assignments, his collaboration with two colleagues documenting the Exxon Valdez oil spill and its aftermath was a Pulitzer Prize finalist.

Archive Issue Vol. 42 No. 1 & 2, Winter & Spring 2026

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