The Elwha’s Living Laboratory: Lessons From the World’s Largest Dam-Removal Project • The Revelator
The Elwha’s Living Laboratory: Lessons From the World’s Largest Dam-Removal Project • The Revelator
Oct 1, 2018
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It’s been 10 years since the removal of the dams on the #Elwha River. After a 100-year hiatus, we’re now seeing spawning salmon in restored rivers, and beaches replenished by the release of acclimated sediment—over 20 million tons worth! Scientists have been monitoring the fish and other aquatic populations before, during, and after the removal of the dams. “Large scale projects like this that are successful really only occur if everybody works together as best as possible... and tries to be inc
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It’s been 10 years since the removal of the dams on the #Elwha River. After a 100-year hiatus, we’re now seeing spawning salmon in restored rivers, and beaches replenished by the release of acclimated sediment—over 20 million tons worth! Scientists have been monitoring the fish and other aquatic populations before, during, and after the removal of the dams. “Large scale projects like this that are successful really only occur if everybody works together as best as possible... and tries to be inc
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VIDEO: Washington's Elwha River Thrives After Largest Dam Removal in U.S. History
VIDEO: Washington's Elwha River Thrives After Largest Dam Removal in U.S. History
Jun 2, 2016
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The Restoration of the Elwha River
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The Restoration of the Elwha River
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Ten years ago, the world's largest dam removal began on the Elwha River, allowing salmon to recolonize their lost habitat. This is the story of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe's connection to that river and the hatchery that kept those salmon runs alive. | Northwest Treaty Tribes
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Ten years ago, the world's largest dam removal began on the Elwha River, allowing salmon to recolonize their lost habitat. This is the story of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe's connection to that river and the hatchery that kept those salmon runs alive. | Northwest Treaty Tribes
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Over a decade after the removal of dams from the Elwha River, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe celebrates the return of salmon, bears and elk that now roam land once submerged beneath the reservoirs. 📝 by Stephani Gordon 🎥 by Stephani Gordon ✂️ by Stephani Gordon and Noah Thomas 🎵 courtesy of Audio Network ✨ Additional Imagery: Josh Gaffre, Kim Sager Fradkin, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Olympic National Park, Historic American Engineering Record #OregonFieldGuide #ElwhaRiver #SalmonReturn #Wildli
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Over a decade after the removal of dams from the Elwha River, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe celebrates the return of salmon, bears and elk that now roam land once submerged beneath the reservoirs. 📝 by Stephani Gordon 🎥 by Stephani Gordon ✂️ by Stephani Gordon and Noah Thomas 🎵 courtesy of Audio Network ✨ Additional Imagery: Josh Gaffre, Kim Sager Fradkin, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Olympic National Park, Historic American Engineering Record #OregonFieldGuide #ElwhaRiver #SalmonReturn #Wildli
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The Elwha River Remembers For over a century, the Elwha River was blocked by dams, silencing salmon runs and starving the surrounding ecosystem. But when the dams were finally removed, something extraordinary happened—within months, wild salmon returned to waters they hadn’t seen in generations. It was as if the river had been waiting, and nature hadn’t forgotten. Scientists call it genetic memory, the idea that instincts can pass through bloodlines even after a hundred years. As the salmon came
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The Elwha River Remembers For over a century, the Elwha River was blocked by dams, silencing salmon runs and starving the surrounding ecosystem. But when the dams were finally removed, something extraordinary happened—within months, wild salmon returned to waters they hadn’t seen in generations. It was as if the river had been waiting, and nature hadn’t forgotten. Scientists call it genetic memory, the idea that instincts can pass through bloodlines even after a hundred years. As the salmon came
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The U.S. Removed a Dam and Released 8,000 SALMON Into the Elwha — Years Later, the River Changed
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The rewilding of the Elwha River: 12 years after dam removal | Oregon Field Guide
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Nature's Return: The Elwha Dam Removal
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Meet Washington's newest beach, created by the world's largest dam removal experiment. It's at the mouth of the Elwha River. Check out all the changes happening there: http://projects.seattletimes.com/2016/elwha/ | The Seattle Times
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Elwha Dam Removal, Restoration, & Relationships
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For decades, the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe fought to remove unwelcome dams on their river—and finally won. Watch “The Beautiful Undammed” from WILD HOPE on the PBS Nature YouTube channel! | Nature | PBS
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U.S. Destroyed a Massive Dam — What Salmon Did 24 Hours Later Was Unbelievable
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They Put 8,000 Salmon Into a River Thought to Be Dead What Happened Next Surprised Everyone
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A river unleashed | Science News
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Hike the West Elwha River Trail, Olympic National Park, WA | Glines Canyon Dam removal 2014
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Elwha River floating weir: a tool to study adult salmon during and following dam removal
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Elwha River Restoration Project: Elwha Dam Removal - Courtesy of Olympic National Park
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“Elwha was the largest dam removal in the world. Then, Klamath was the largest in the world, and the Snake River will be the largest in the world when it comes. We know that this is possible,” said CEO @alyssa.macy at last year’s RUN in Unity Convening. Each year, environmental advocates, Tribal leaders, scientists, and community members gather to make progress on protecting clean water, salmon, and orcas—the Northwest’s precious life sources. It’s going to take all of us to win this campaign an
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