OntheSauk, the fellow who lives downstream, has he been able to determine if man made factors (clearing, diversion, development) are a factor in his loss of land? If so, he at least has the possibility of trying to get compensation via the Courts. Given the wildness of the Sauk, a 1/4 mile movement is nothing. I've seen the Queets move the entire river channel by at least 1/2 mile within a week!! Once again, let the Buyer beware - rivers flood and sometimes rage. They take land and sometimes lives. So it goes.