Tuluksak River

River in the Yukon–Kuskokwim delta of southwest Alaska. In The Comfort Crisis (Michael Easter) it is where Donnie Vincent spent months alone counting salmon.

At a glance

Source	Author	Role	In one line
The Comfort Crisis	Michael Easter	backdrop	Donnie Vincent’s months alone counting salmon for the Fish and Wildlife Service.

The Comfort Crisis — Michael Easter (2021)

Source: The Comfort Crisis · Original · Readwise highlight

He’d spend six months at a time surveying salmon counts on Alaska’s Tuluksak River.

• Role: backdrop
• In the book: Background on Donnie Vincent: as a US Fish and Wildlife Service field biologist he lived for months at a time in a tent on the river, seeing another person only every few weeks.
• Why it matters: Minor as a place, but it explains Donnie’s comfort with solitude and wilderness, which makes him the book’s guide.