Chehalis River Salmon in peril

The Chehalis River is one of the last free-flowing rivers on the west coast of the United States, and in some years it is the biggest producer of wild salmon in Washington State. These salmon are an important source of food for the endangered Southern Resident orcas. But the river floods, as all good rivers do, and these floods are becoming more catastrophic, due to climate change and habitat destruction in the Chehalis Basin.