Salmon swimming past old dam site on Elwha River
Olympic National Park reported this week that its biologists have seen adult chinook salmon swimming two miles upstream from the park's boundary in the Elwha River, above the old Elwha…
Major changes to Elwha River since start of dam removal
The Lake Aldwell reservoir is starting to look like a river again. It’s just one of the changes to the Elwha River system that the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe has…
KCTS: Video of Coho Salmon being released above the Elwha Dam
KCTS/Earthfix just posted a video and a story about last week's release of 50 adult coho salmon into the Elwha River, between the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams, near the Highway…
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Release Salmon Above Elwha Dam
There is a sense of urgency as black mesh bags filled with adult coho salmon are relayed down a steep hill toward the Elwha River. Standing on the bank, Lower…
Freeing The Elwha: Lower Elwha Tribe Celebrates Dam Removal
The thunderous beat of drums in the tribal gym sounded louder than usual: the beat harder, the men’s voices deeper, the women’s voices louder, the smiles bigger during the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s dam removal celebration Sept. 17.
For nearly 100 years the tribe waited to celebrate the moment – the demolition of the Elwha River’s two fish-blocking dams, which have violated the tribe’s treaty rights the moment they were constructed in the early 20th Century. The dams blocked all but the lower five miles of the river, decimating salmon populations.
Elwha Dam Removal Celebration Wrap Up
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe spent the week of Sept. 12 celebrating the removal of the 108-foot-tall Elwha Dam and 210-foot-tall Glines Canyon Dam before the official start of removal…
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe following river otters, American dippers
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, the USGS-Olympic Field Station and Olympic National Park, is closely tracking how river otters and American dippers (a river-obligate…
Seattle Times: Lower Elwha Klallam Hatchery update
The Seattle Times did an update on the progress of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe's hatchery construction in Sunday's paper. From the story: Removing the two dams has been decades…
Studying Elwha River sediment is big part of dam removal prep
Standing in middle of the rushing lower Elwha River, Mike McHenry hefts a slippery rock, measures its widest point at about 10 inches, then heaves it back into the water.…