dam removal

The Puyallup Tribe is demanding the removal of a temporary rock dam four years after a whistleblower exposed Electron Hydro's illegal use of Astroturf in the Puyallup River.

Tribal members are once again fishing for salmon on the Elwha River. The ceremonial subsistence fishery is the first time anyone has been allowed to fish there since dam removal a decade ago.

For over a century, four hydroelectric dams along the Oregon-California border have cut off habitat to fish swimming up the Klamath River from the ocean. Now, researchers are in the midst of a project to learn how fish will use this ecosystem once the dams are removed.

Restoration contractor Resource Environmental Solutions and area tribes will plant up to 19 billion native seeds as the Klamath Dams come out and reservoirs are drained.

Electron Hydro is facing a $501,000 fine from the state Department of Ecology – plus new requirements for monitoring water quality near its dam on the…

The Puyallup Tribe intends to sue Electron Hydro and its backers over violations of the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act. The tribe’s 60-day…

Pierce County Executive Bruce Dammeier says he wants to see the obsolete Electron Dam removed from the Puyallup River. This comes after an employee…

UPDATE, Sept. 14: Pierce County Executive Bruce Dammeier says he wants to see the obsolete Electron Dam removed from the Puyallup River. He issued a…

This week, the Pilchuck River will be redirected to its original channel, after the removal of two dam structures that have held it back for more than 100…

A dam removal that has been twenty years in the making reached an important milestone this week. Explosives ripped through the concrete on the Middle Fork…