Rising from the Ashes
Less than six years ago, the second of two dams on the Elwha River, on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, was taken out to provide access for …
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The Wild Podcast: A River Runs Through it … Once Again
Season 2, Episode 2 of The Wild podcast with Chris Morgan It started as a glacier. Then, about 13,000 years ago, it was a …
The Phoenix in the Elwha
Rob Mosanis, Vice President for Western Conservation for Trout Unlimited, penned this piece about witnessing the recovery of summer run steelhead on the Elwha. Wild …
Fishing Closure Extended On Elwha River Through Olympic National Park
The Elwha River Restoration project was the largest dam removal in United States history. Since the removal of the Elwha Dam, adult Steelhead trout and adult …
Lessons From the World’s Largest Dam-removal Project
Two dams removed from Washington’s Elwha River were branded as salmon-restoration projects, but their watershed and scientific impacts are just as significant. By most accounts, …
Scientists optimistic about return of chinook to Elwha River
Chinook salmon are now returning to the Elwha River in droves and the scientists who study them are excited about what they may learn …
Once-flooded Elwha land becomes forest
Josh Chenoweth pushes through trees grown 30 feet overhead and walks into a plush purple pool of blooming lupine, the flowers fragrant and abuzz with …
First Salmon Return to the Upper Elwha in 102 Years
Following an observation by a fisheries biologist and member of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe of a possible Chinook salmon in the former Lake Mills, …
Lupine blooms in the old lakebed on the Elwha River
Lupine has been a surprise star player in the recovery of former lake beds along the Elwha River, and chinook are reaching higher and farther …
The Elwha Undammed: What’s a River For?
The Elwha River in Port Angeles, Washington is the stage for the largest dam removal in American history. A century ago, a businessman dammed the …