Elwa River

Advocates for preventing the logging say that with all the effort and millions of dollars put into dam removal and ecosystem restoration on the Elwha, cutting these mature stands doesn’t make sense.

A proposed project in Port Angeles aims to neutralize ocean acidification and remove carbon from the air, but some are concerned about unintended impacts on the local marine ecosystem.

Members of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe harvested about 200 coho salmon from their home river in October – fewer than expected, but it marked a milestone for river restoration and a new subsistence fishery.

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.

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-982954.mp3PORT ANGELES, Wash. – Seattle's Kingdome collapsed with a bang. Explosive…

Nearly 100 years of hydropower production comes to a close today (Wednesday) on the Elwha River on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. The turbines at the two…