Elwa River dam removal

Vanessa Castle and Matt Beirne from the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe head up the Elwha River to a fishing hole.

Fishery on Elwha rewards tribe’s long push for river restoration

Bellamy Pailthorp

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.

A river flows between rocks, half in the shade and half in the sun

Environment

For first time since dam removal, a fishery opens on the Elwha

Bellamy Pailthorp

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.

Environment

Federal bill would smooth way for small dams, hydropower

Bellamy Pailthorp

Big dams that block rivers and salmon runs are out of vogue. But new legislation could clear the way for more small ones.The removal of Washington’s Elwha…

Environment

Washington's Condit Dam breached

The Associated Press

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lWbcT5gfY0Crews have blasted a hole in a nearly century-old hydropower dam in Washington's south Cascades today, marking…

Watch the Glines Canyon Dam and others be demolitioned in real time. It will be the largest dam removal project in U.S. history.

Environment

Watch the demolition of Washington dams - live and online

The Associated Press

Six webcams will snap pictures throughout the day during the three-year removal process the Elwha River dams.The Olympia National Park says that the…

The 108-foot tall Elwha Dam is the smaller of the two dams on the Elwha River slated for demolition.

Environment

Elwha River dam removal historic, but not explosive

Tom Banse

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