U.S. Rep. Brian Baird, D-Wash., takes a tour in Packwood with state and federal officials on a stretch of the Cowlitz River, where a logs have been embedded since the November 2006 flood. Lewis County Commissioner Lee Grose says the jam need to be removed, and the river diverted, but a U.S. Forest Service official says that could cause greater danger to an adjacent neighborhood.

Photos and slideshow by Dan Schreiber, The Chronicle.