Collaborative efforts for Elwha River freshwater mussel rescue
[display_podcast] PORT ANGELES (October 16, 2008) - There was a sense of urgency when tribal, state and federal biologists recently snorkeled for 5,000 freshwater mussels along the bottom of a...
View ArticleTribes recieve recovery funding from NOAA for restoration projects
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently awarded $16.4 million from its American Recovery and Investment Act of 2009 funding to Washington state. Each of the six projects directly...
View ArticlePower from Elwha River dams shut off
The Peninsula Daily News, Seattle Times and Associated Press reported on Wednesday’s historic shut down of the Elwha River’s two dams, the Elwha and Glines Canyon, in preparation for the beginning of...
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Behind The Elwha Dams: The Drawdown of the Aldwell and Mills Reservoirs
For the first time in nearly a century, the man-made reservoirs behind the Elwha River’s two fish-blocking dams are starting to look like riverbeds once again. The Aldwell and Mills reservoirs have...
View ArticleElwha River Dam Demolition Starts Again Sooner Than Expected
The Peninsula Daily News posted an article announcing that the fish window on the Elwha River has closed earlier than expected, so dam demolition will resume Dec. 19, instead of in January, as...
View ArticlePeninsula Daily News: Elwha River restoration ahead of schedule
The Peninsula Daily News recently reported on a public presentation by Robert Elofson, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s river restoration director, on the latest efforts of the removal of the two dams...
View ArticlePDN: Chinook Salmon Moving Past Former Elwha Dam Location
Chinook salmon are returning once again to the Elwha River, with the river in its second year of being free of the Elwha Dam. The Glines Canyon Dam is not yet completely removed, but the river is...
View ArticleSequim Gazette: Chinook Populations Are Strong in the Elwha River
The Sequim Gazette reported that more than 1,700 chinook salmon were found in the Elwha River, between the Glines Canyon Dam and Strait of Juan de Fuca, during a one-day survey of the river in...
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New Sand Habitat Attracting More Life near Elwha River
With thousands of cubic yards of sediment forming new beaches at the mouth of the Elwha River, marine life that’s been missing for decades is showing up again. Before the recent deconstruction of the...
View ArticleAP: Elwha River restoring itself quicker than expected
The Associated Press posted an update recently about the removal of the Elwha River’s two fish-blocking dams, the Elwha and Glines Canyon, and the rapid changes witnessed by the Lower Elwha Klallam...
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