by Waters West | Sep 9, 2016 | Elwha Dam Removal, Fishing News |
Safe passage to the upper Elwha was previously blocked by a rockfall from the removal of the Glines Canyon dam, but was removed last fall. Fish have taken advantage of this removal and have now been confirmed by the Olympic National Park as having made it to the upper stretches of the Elwha!
“Fisheries biologists monitoring restoration of the Elwha River and ecosystem recently confirmed that adult Chinook salmon, sockeye salmon, steelhead and bull trout have all passed upstream through both the former Elwha and Glines Canyon dam sites to reach the upper Elwha River.”
You can read the whole news release here!
https://www.nps.gov/olym/learn/news/fish-continue-to-recolonize-elwha-watershed.htm
Awesome news!
by Curt | Mar 8, 2013 | Elwha Dam Removal |
Curt made a quick detour after fishing the West End rivers for steelhead to check out all of the changes on the Elwha River. With the dams almost entirely removed the amount of sediment and large woody debris has totally reshaped the river below the former site of Lake Mills.
Taking a little time to check out the ever-changing Elwha River is a nice bookend to a West End steelhead fly fishing trip.
by Curt | Mar 3, 2013 | Elwha Dam Removal |
Peninsula Daily News Article
Another article showing the amazing transformation of the Elwha River after the removal of the dams on the Elwha and the amount of trapped sediment now moving downstream. We will continue to look forward to seeing the changes to the Elwha and hopefully more salmon and steelhead returning.
by Curt | Feb 18, 2013 | Elwha Dam Removal |
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Drops Nonnative Steelhead Stocking Plan
Some great news for Elwha River wild steelhead. This is a nice victory for wild fish and for the Elwha Dam Removal project.
Kudos to everyone involved in making this happen.
by Curt | Feb 14, 2013 | Elwha Dam Removal |
We just received a picture of the Elwha River Mouth from 1939. Pretty impressive to see the amount of land that has eroded over the past 74 years and what we will likely see in the future with the dam removal.
The Mouth of the Elwha River in 1939
Recent picture of the mouth of the Elwha River
by Curt | Dec 21, 2012 | Elwha Dam Removal |
We got some great photos the other day of how the sediment is reshaping the mouth of the Elwah.
Picture of the Elwha River taken from Google Maps showing the mouth before the dam removal.
Recent picture of the mouth of the Elwha River
It is amazing to see the changes happening to the Elwha with the lower dam gone and the upper dam almost gone.
