Video: Coming Back – Restoring the Skokomish Watershed
Members of the Skokomish Watershed Action Team, which includes the Skokomish Tribe, have been collaborating for a decade on how…
Tag: River Restoration
Fish showing up in Elwha River tributaries
Less than a year since the Elwha River’s two fish-blocking dams started to come down, native salmon have made their…
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Olympic National Park start Elwha River Revegetation
The restoration of the landscapes after removal of the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams and their associated reservoirs is more…
Peninsula Daily News: Elwha River restoration ahead of schedule
The Peninsula Daily News recently reported on a public presentation by Robert Elofson, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s river restoration…
New York Times: Elwha River dams demolition a model for other river restoration projects
The New York Times paid a visit to the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe recently to learn more about the fish-blocking…
Seattle Times: Elwha dams floodgates opened, lakes lowered
The Seattle Times posted an interesting report about the recent lowering of the lakes behind the two fish-blocking dams on…
Northwest News Network: Work starts on the Elwha River dam removal
Northwest News Network’s Tom Banse reported on the start of the removal of the two Elwha River dams, the Elwha…
Contract awarded for Elwha River dam removal
The National Park Service recently awarded the contract to remove the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams on the Elwha River…
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Prepares Floodplains for Dam Removal With Revegetation Efforts
While the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe has been working diligently to protect salmon and their habitat in the Elwha River…