Filmmaker Explores Possible Extinction of Early Run Pacific Chinook Salmon
Good news for fans of award winning documentary filmmaker Shane Anderson’s latest film, “The Lost Salmon.” The documentary will be available for viewing via download from public television stations at https://www.pbs.org/video/the-lost-salmon-8hjf4t/ through Oct. 29, 2025.
Anderson, of Olympia, Washington, has spent the better part of the past decade documenting wild salmon in Pacific waterways. He is also the director of storytelling for Pacific Rivers, a Portland, Oregon-based river conservation organization.
“The Lost Salmon” chronicles the challenges of and potential recovery prospects of the iconic spring Chinook salmon in the Pacific Northwest, and the new genetic discovery that could aid in their recovery. At the moment, this iconic, genetically distinct wild salmon, is running...