This year, the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree traveled for more than three weeks across 4,000 miles from the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska for display on the Capitol’s West Lawn in Washington D.C. The 80-foot Sitka spruce, nicknamed “Spruce Wayne,” was handpicked from the small community of Wrangell, located 120 miles from where I … Continue reading Making Ornaments From Ocean Plastic in Alaska