DamNation: Strong fish counts seen in Elwha
Fish species on the Elwha River are returning now that dams that once blocked the river have been removed. However, according to Sam Brenkman, chief …
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DamNation: Tribe to fish for salmon on Elwha River
Nearly a decade after the last Elwha River dam came down, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe could see its first fishery on the river in …
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 …
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 …