Alex and Maria spent three months this summer on San Juan Island filming their movie "Searching for Chinook." What they couldn't have known was the tragic events of Tahlequah (J-35) pushing her dead calf for 18 days over 1,000 miles as well as young Scarlet (J-50) dying after a long fight with starvation during their filming timeline. In the midst of these events, the Orca Task Force was forced by public comments to finally discuss the breaching of the lower four snake river dams which surprisingly to Alex and Maria, the task force knew virtually nothing about despite it being the only short and long term solution in saving the Southern Resident Orcas. Alex and Maria felt it was going to be a tough summer, but they had no idea the amount of drama they would be capturing everyday filming the orcas, politicians, scientists, and Orca experts.
