The Suquamish Tribe’s Doe Kag Wats estuary is the site of a large woody debris removal experiment this summer. ”Our hypothesis is that by removing the excess amount of the milled and treated logs that have washed into the estuary, the native marsh vegetation will be restored, as well as insect species, many of which […]
The United States Geological Survey announced this week that five papers revealing results of several studies of the effects of dam removal on the Elwha River were published recently in the science journal, Geomorphology. Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe habitat program manager Mike McHenry contributed to one of the papers discussing the significant changes in the river channel […]
Work will begin this week on the final phase of a major eelgrass restoration project located just outside Eagle Harbor on Bainbridge Island. The project is at the site of the former Milwaukee Dock, near Pritchard Park. The dock, removed in the early 1990s, historically served the Wyckoff creosote plant; the area is now a […]
The Sequim Gazette reported on this fall’s return of summer chum to Jimmycomelately Creek. Numbers aren’t as high this year as last year’s 8,000 fish that returned to the creek, but biologists credit the overall increased numbes of fish returning to the creek to both the state’s supplementation program and Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s massive restoration of the creek in […]
The Seattle Times’ Lynda Mapes posted a wrap up of the latest efforts to complete the Elwha River Restoration project. The remains of the formerly 210-foot-tall Glines Canyon Dam are expected to be removed in September, three years after the removal process began for both the Glines and Elwha dams. The Elwha Dam, formerly at 108 […]
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 Tribe and scientists involved since dam deconstruction started in 2011. From the story: Marine creatures such as eulachon, or candlefish, and Dungeness crab have been […]
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 expected to be completely free flowing by the end of 2014. From The Peninsula Daily News: One year […]
Work is set to begin this summer to restore salmon habitat in Illabot Creek, a tributary to the Skagit River. Once a winding, multi-channeled creek, Illabot was straightened and diked in 1970 when a bridge crossing was constructed on Rockport-Cascade Road. Straightening the creek degraded salmon habitat by creating a steeper gradient, reducing channel area […]
The latest phase of the Skokomish Estuary restoration effort is the largest to date: 600 acres of forested wetlands are going to be reconnected to 400 acres of Skokomish tidelands. “The main goal of this phase is to reconnect the historic tidal channels that have been blocked or filled in over time,” said Alex Gouley, […]
The Upper Skagit Tribe recruited scientists and volunteers to help document the plant and animal life taking advantage of restored habitat along Hansen Creek. A few years ago, the tribe partnered with other agencies to restore 140 acres of freshwater floodplain and wetland habitat within the Skagit County-owned Northern State Recreation Area near the Upper […]
