show me,ou know,n abundantumber cong back wild saon. d we jusdon't seit re in e nisquay. as mucas i'd rher have wilsalmon, ouhatchery salmon arimportant to ucontinui our lture, o traditis. you kn, fous, th is our urch. this is r medici here, beg on thiriver. d i thinpeople he a hard timunderstaing that becae this iwhat ouancestordid sincthe begiing of te. yoknow, th fished, th hunted,hey gathed, theyrotectedhat we he, and that how we ved. and w we're 2018, our salm are depted. - ese are e racewa i watelling u about. 300,0 in eh one. yeah, . that's lot of sh. he's gng rightow, pullg l the de ones ou - an] wee magers. native erican pple, at's whawe do anwe manag but also ha to adapt the tim. - peopleave a tendencyo get enored wi what th wish was instof what . ere's a rtain seent of t people this ar at want blame hchery fi

so he at colan naal fish tchery, we rse fall inook saon, late falchinook lmon, ansteelhea our pruction goal heres 12 milon. so we lease million anwe're trng toet a 1% turn. weould lik 0,000 fi return. 90,0 of at wou beaught inhe ocean and iniversporfishery. 90,0 of at wou ,000 bacto the hcheryn and th 10,000 ck to (indistinct why do wneed hateries? welli think,ounow, pulati's goingp, wates, you kw, a conrn. anso if yostill wod like tsee salm, think yore goingo ne have haheries unrtunately. it'd be niceo think at there wod be enoh water and envinment toupport saon populions, but witht hatchees, i n't thk that woulbe a reaty. - [man] is is thbaker rir dam, 2 feet hi, whh stops llions o salm from rerning to the spawningrounds abe the dawithout lp. sohe unitestates beau of fisries hastepped i and sad the daby proving free ridupstream it's t only wathe salmon c be save fromashing themlves to eces ainst thstoneworfar belo - huns have ways thout themsees as supior to natur you kn, it's g us into a l of troue. - wh the eo-amerans came they belved the tural wod was a g warehoe, storg commodies

. - the fa is saon mu spend pt their le out inhe wild. and wasn't til in t 70s at we rely started evaluating, what a we doinwhen releaseatchery sh into a seam? e use ofatcherie waa promis at youould havsalmon and yocould al have theenefits of deloping e river. t that nt to theact that 40% the saln are exnct in tir historic rang and e rest a proteed byhe endanred specs act, u would ve to sathat thattory didt protec the thgs that valued, e salmon - wee been rying on those me runs fish, the wild fh, since thbeginninof time. when yr healths their hethright? you'rearried ithat way and i thk that uon crtes the credness to havthat relionship with single ecies is rl specia you thk about ke the sioupeople d the bualo backn the da fore evething wacolonize but that relatnship unrtunately s severe if we lethese ru gothen there gone. d i do n think tt we, aseople whare on thiplanet n, shoulde okay wh allowingalmon to gextinct our wat. - the avege perso whenhey sea salmon they s a salmo they see a fished proct. and it'serhaps athe end their fhing lin p

saon, i ink theyre very impoant for e ecosysm. many amals eathem. well148 vertrae animals eat the salm specifilly. i likehe salmotossing idea, thk it's good he. t at theame timei don't thinit's theest ea. the ecostem runs specifi wafor a spific rean. c try andelp th by rucing poution, but don't ink we shouldirectlinteract with t salmon wildfe d all thwildlife and let em run btheir se and ma their o adaptatns. (slow sic) - the nversati is, are the any ld saln left? showe a wildalmon. showe, you kw, an abunnt numbecoming bk of wilsalmon. anwe just n't see heren the niually. as much i'd ratr ve wild lmon, r hatcry salmo e importt tos continng our culture,ur tradions. u knowfor us, thiss our chch. this is r medici here, ing on ts river. and i ink peop have a hardime undetanding at. becae this iwhat r ancests did sincthe begiing of te. yoknow, th fished, th hunted,hey gathed, they procted whawe have, anthat's h we live and w we're 2018, our salm are depleted. - the are thraceways i was lling yoabout. 300,0 in eh one. yeah, . that a lot ofish. he's goi ri

. - [man] is is thbaker rir dam, 2 feet hi, ich stopmillionsf saon from turning to the spawningrounds abe the dawithout lp. so t united ates buru of fishees has spped in and sad the daby proving free ridupstre. it's t only wathe salmon c be save fr dashing thselves tpieces ainst thstoneworfar belo - huma have alys thout themsees as supior to natur you knowit's gots to a lotf troubl - wh the eo-amerans came they belved the tural wod was a g warehoe, storg commodies that they we obliged make e of, take. they aed spenc baird, e us fiscommissier, what cou they doo ensure thathe salmoruns would on forer? baird ld 'em, u're not gointo be ab protecthe habitat through gulation becae they'de unenfoeable. yore not gng to able to ptect 'emrom dams because ogress igoing to dend that ms be but. and he said hat you ed to dos take up aificial opagatio" the peop that original were thfish and wildlife scitists wen't. they we agricuuralis. d since e 1800s, our fish andildlife agcies havbeen domated by an agricultur mentali. ju like farm you raisthem, u put th out, yoharvest em. that's t basis f fish an