A benefit showing of the 50 minute film, “Dammed to Extinction“, will occur on September 14th, 7 pm, at the Sisters Movie House. “The Columbia River basin was once home to the world’s most productive chinook salmon runs. Now, they are blocked from reaching their home waters by dozens of dams along the Columbia, Snake, and other rivers in the watershed. Along the Pacific Northwest coast, pods of orcas have hunted chinook salmon. Yet wild chinook salmon here are increasingly scarce. The orcas are going hungry; their numbers dwindling along with their primary source of food. Extinction looms for both species. Following the film showing, we’ll be joined by Filmmaker Steven Hawley and other special guests to discuss the issues with the Lower Snake River dams and the hopes for a future of thriving salmon runs.”