A River Runs Through It … Once Again
A pre-pandemic episode of The Wild podcast on the dam removal and subsequent rebirth of the Elwha. It started as a glacier. Then, about 13,000 …
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Trapped Elwha Steelhead Maintained Genetic Diversity During Isolation
And when the dams came down they fired up a new 16.4 million dollar hatchery to dilute the century-old genetics. A recent study, with its …
The Elwha dams are gone and chinook are surging back, but few reach the upper river
Adult chinook returns to the Elwha since dam removal is the highest since the late 1980s, with more than 7,600 estimated in the 2019 count. …
The Dirtbag Diaries: Endangered Spaces
After a decades-long battle on Washington State’s Elwha River, a coalition of environmentalists, scientists, and locals succeed in having two dams demolished. Six years …
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 …
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 …