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This summer, Sooz Green packed her bags to travel north from New Mexico to Bristol Bay.
Green is one of three tower counters on the Wood River. Each summer, counters staff the rivers around Bristol Bay to count sockeye as they swim upriver. They then send those numbers on to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Each morning Green starts her day with a six-minute skiff ride down river. Then, she climbs the four-story tower built from scaffolding.
“I climb up, I start the timer at the top of the hour on the right bank and I count for 10 minutes, depending on how many fish there are I might have two clickers, she said.