LAKE MILLS, Wash. (AP) - Work is underway to prepare for the removal of two dams on the Olympic Peninsula's Elwha River. Crews with Cherokee Construction Services of Vancouver, Wash., last week began ...
Officials say the U.S. Highway 101 bridge over the Elwha River could need replacement or retrofitting now that two dams have been removed. The Peninsula Daily News reports that the now-wild river is ...
PORT ANGELES — You can watch the historic piece-by-piece removal of the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams — and the effects on the Elwha River — over the next three years from a variety of places. Prime ...
PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) - A long-delayed project to remove two dams on the Olympic Peninsula's Elwha River received official approval as members of the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe joined the city and ...
After decades of talking about it, the feds finally signed a contract Thursday to take down two dams on the Elwha River in the largest such project ever in North America. The goal is to restore the ...
The Elwha River in Washington State has been dammed for over a century. Because of the dams, salmon populations have declined dramatically, but starting in 2011 the dams are being removed and Elofson ...
A fuel spill near Olympic National Park could result in a setback for salmon restoration efforts in the Elwha River, and it could take some time before experts know the full extent of the ecological ...
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