RedactedNarrative: On 06/22/2022, at about 07:00 p.m., a kayak was white water kayaking down the Little White Salmon River, nearest the town of Stevenson, WA in Skamania County.
  
  
  According to Law Enforcement, On June 22nd, 2022, the Skamania County Communications Center received a call from the Washington State Emergency Management Division (E.M.D.) regarding an emergency beacon activation on the Little White Salmon River.  
  
  Subject1 activated his emergency beacon while kayaking down the Little White Salmon River within Skamania County, Washington.  Subject1 reported observing a fellow kayaker overturn in the river near a logjam just below the launch point near Milepost 5.5 on Cook Underwood Road.  It was reported 36 year-old was attempting to navigate a bend in the river and was pulled underneath the water after overturning near a logjam.  
  
  His kayak was submerged in the rapids against the logjam.  His life jacket and helmet were observed floating just below the rapids. He was presumed drowned. Body recovery is weather and condition based. Recovery efforts will continually be assessed over the upcoming weeks as the water flow rates were expected to gradually drop making the recovery plausible.  His body was recovered on October 1st, 2022.
  
  1 Fatality
  No Apparent Alcohol Involvement
  Vessel Operator Was Wearing a PFD