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 …
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The Memory of Fish Film Tour
This fall, American Rivers presents the Pacific Northwest tour of the award-winning film The Memory of Fish – a documentary about one man, the wild salmon he …
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, …
THE MEMORY OF FISH – Trailer
THE MEMORY OF FISH is a documentary portrait of one man, the wild salmon he loves, and his fight to free a river. The documentary …
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 …
Elwha River Lawsuit Update
On March 9th, Brian Knutsen presented an oral argument before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of the Wild Steelhead Coalition, The Conservation …
New Life Along Washington State’s Elwha River
It’s been only 2 years since the removal of the last of the dams that obstructed the Elwha River, in Washington, but already species are …
DamBridgeNation
Oooops. The U.S. Highway 101 bridge over the Elwha River may need replacement or retrofitting due to the removal of the two dams on the …
More blasting done on Elwha River dam site
Olympic National Park officials say remaining boulders could become barriers to fish reaching the upper Elwha River, while the rebar presents a hazard to boaters. …