salmon runs

Chum salmon appear to be having a boom year in the Northwest, thanks to good ocean conditions that benefit fall chum runs and endangered orcas all over the region.

The U.S. government recently recognized the harm caused by the dams and has promised to work to restore salmon runs but tribal members doubt much will change.

Hundreds of Chinook salmon are being rounded up and loaded into tanker trucks that will drive them around the cracked Wanapum Dam in southweast…