Jimmy Fox, deputy field supervisor with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and pilot Trevor Parcell with the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration (ACUASI) operate an unmanned aerial vehicle from a gravel bar along a stretch of the upper Chena River in an effort to collect aerial video of prime king salmon spawning habitat.

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