Increased Numbers of Winter Steelhead Return to Elwha River
Greater numbers of winter steelhead have been making their way beyond where the former Elwha and...
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Tag: Elwha River Restoration
Eradicating Milfoil Protects Elwha Restoration Progress
While monitoring the Elwha River estuary the past few years following dam removal, the Lower Elwha...
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Steelhead Returning to the Elwha River
Spawning surveys in the Elwha River show that steelhead are taking advantage of the river’s newly...
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Beavers Support Salmon Habitat in Elwha River
Looking for beaver activity in the expansive Elwha River valley is daunting. But the key is to...
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Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Sees Success with Coho Salmon Transfers
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe is watching five years of work pay off as coho salmon return to the...
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Wildlife and the Elwha River Restoration
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe is studying how small mammals, elk, deer and birds are responding to...
Read MoreLower Elwha Klallam Tribe: How wildlife will recolonize former Elwha lakebeds
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe is studying how wildlife might help or hinder growth of new vegetation along the restored Elwha River. The tribe is watching how small mammals, elk, deer and birds are taking advantage of the newly...
Read MoreLower Elwha Tribe studies wood movement in Elwha River
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe is tagging large woody debris to follow it as it moves through the newly restored Elwha River system. “We’re tracking over 2,000 logs and tree stumps with silver tree tags, from the upstream...
Read MoreLower Elwha Klallam, USGS, Sea Grant: More forage fish seen at Elwha River mouth
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Washington Sea Grant are observing an increase of forage fish and Dungeness crab near the mouth of the Elwha River since the river’s two dams have been...
Read MoreKING5: Bird poop and logs on the Elwha River
KING 5 sat down this week with Kim Sager-Fradkin, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s wildlife biologist, to discuss the latest wildlife project that is part of the restoration of the Elwha River....
Read MoreSeattle Times: Last of the Elwha River dams to come down
The Seattle Times’ Lynda Mapes posted a wrap up of the latest efforts to complete the Elwha River Restoration project. The remains of the formerly 210-foot-tall Glines Canyon Dam are expected to be removed in September,...
Read MoreAP: Elwha River restoring itself quicker than expected
The Associated Press posted an update recently about the removal of the Elwha River’s two fish-blocking dams, the Elwha and Glines Canyon, and the rapid changes witnessed by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and scientists...
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