Salmon swimming past old dam site on Elwha River
Olympic National Park reported this week that its biologists have seen adult chinook salmon swimming two miles upstream from the…
Tag: Elwha Dam Removal
Major changes to Elwha River since start of dam removal
The Lake Aldwell reservoir is starting to look like a river again. It’s just one of the changes to the…
KCTS: Video of Coho Salmon being released above the Elwha Dam
KCTS/Earthfix just posted a video and a story about last week’s release of 50 adult coho salmon into the Elwha River,…
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Release Salmon Above Elwha Dam
There is a sense of urgency as black mesh bags filled with adult coho salmon are relayed down a steep…
Freeing The Elwha: Lower Elwha Tribe Celebrates Dam Removal
The thunderous beat of drums in the tribal gym sounded louder than usual: the beat harder, the men’s voices deeper,…
Elwha Dam Removal Celebration Wrap Up
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe spent the week of Sept. 12 celebrating the removal of the 108-foot-tall Elwha Dam and…
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe following river otters, American dippers
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, the USGS-Olympic Field Station and Olympic National Park, is…
Seattle Times: Lower Elwha Klallam Hatchery update
The Seattle Times did an update on the progress of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s hatchery construction in Sunday’s paper.…
Studying Elwha River sediment is big part of dam removal prep
Standing in middle of the rushing lower Elwha River, Mike McHenry hefts a slippery rock, measures its widest point at…