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n this issue focused on wildlife photography, we begin with awe-inspiring images from one of the world’s last great wild places. Encompassing over 19 million square acres, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska is the largest U.S. refuge overall and includes roughly 8 million acres of land designated as wilderness. According to eloquently puts it. In his article “Keep It Wild,” Mather tells the story of an expedition organized with the International League of Conservation Photographers to document the caribou migration. As nature photographers well know, things don’t always go according to plan, but Mather and his fellow photographers returned home with images that reveal the stunning vastness of this place, a prime destination for photography and a habitat worthy of protection for future generations of the Gwich’in people and visitors alike.