Starting June 25, 2010. I traveled first through Prince William Sound and later flew 150 miles south of Anchorage to the western shore of the Cook Inlet at Silver Salmon Creek located in the Clark National Wilderness Park. During the stay photographed many coastal grizzly bears in their natural enviroment. The tides are quite extreme, around 18 feet, and at low tides the bears would go out on the flats and dig for clams. It was to early for the salmon runs, and during high tides the bears grazed on the grasses of the meadows. It was also mating season. Even though I was shooting a 200-400 Nikon lens, the bears got very close at times.