Contract to remove Elwha dams goes to Montana firm

Another milestone has been reached towards the removal of the two dams on the Elwah and restoration of it's once vibrant runs of salmon and steelhead

After decades of talking about it, the feds finally signed a contract Thursday to take down two dams on the Elwha River in the largest such project ever in North America.

The goal is to restore the Elwha River ecosystem, especially its fabled salmon fisheries, choked off by two dams for nearly a century. The takedown of the dams will take about three years to complete. The first concrete will come out of the dams beginning just about a year from now, in September 2011.

LINK (Via: The Seattle Times)

Comments

[Richard Cranium]

Hells ya......now you just need to remove the f-ing damns on the snake.

[The Nothing]

I couldn't tell you how many times i've actually been in the dam/powerhouse pictured. Will be nice to see it gone

[Arizona glass repair]

Was there more than one light on the sub or is something that the fish puts off as a defensive measure?