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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More from Balcomb BIG SALMON Ranch! Watch Howard Garett discuss salmon recovery in the Elwha River, and what that means for Southern Residents. To support the CWR, visit: www.whaleresearch.com/supportcwr #cwr #centerforwhaleresearch #salmon #ElwhaRiver #southernresidents #southernresidentorca #southernresidentorcas #southernresidentkillerwhales #orcas #killerwhales #whaleresearch | Center for Whale Research
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More from Balcomb BIG SALMON Ranch! Watch Howard Garett discuss salmon recovery in the Elwha River, and what that means for Southern Residents. To support the CWR, visit: www.whaleresearch.com/supportcwr #cwr #centerforwhaleresearch #salmon #ElwhaRiver #southernresidents #southernresidentorca #southernresidentorcas #southernresidentkillerwhales #orcas #killerwhales #whaleresearch | Center for Whale Research
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Rewilding the Elwha River
Rewilding the Elwha River
Mar 5, 2025
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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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Report: 2024 Salmon population numbers show sharp decline
Report: 2024 Salmon population numbers show sharp decline
Mar 26, 2025
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The moment the salmon were able to return to the Elwha after 100 years - ‘Return of the River’ on FishingTV Click the link to watch now! https://www.fishingtv.com/video/return-of-the-river/ Return of the River follows the unprecedented efforts of a community to pull off the largest dam removal and river restoration project ever. The Elwha River once flowed hundreds of miles uninterrupted through the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. After being dammed 100 years ago to facilitate the industr
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The moment the salmon were able to return to the Elwha after 100 years - ‘Return of the River’ on FishingTV Click the link to watch now! https://www.fishingtv.com/video/return-of-the-river/ Return of the River follows the unprecedented efforts of a community to pull off the largest dam removal and river restoration project ever. The Elwha River once flowed hundreds of miles uninterrupted through the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. After being dammed 100 years ago to facilitate the industr
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VIDEO: Scientists optimistic about return of chinook to Elwha River - Peninsula Daily News
VIDEO: Scientists optimistic about return of chinook to Elwha River - Peninsula Daily News
Oct 7, 2018
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2025 Chinook Counts Triple 2024 Numbers Klamath River Basin sees dramatic increase in fall Chinook returns The numbers from this year's fall Chinook salmon run tell a striking story. By mid-October 2024, the Shasta River had counted 1,871 adult Chinook salmon. At nearly the same point in 2025, that number stands at 5,745 - more than triple last year's count. Year-to-Year Comparison Shasta River: 1,871 (2024) → 5,745 (2025) Scott River: 81 (2024) → 1,639 (2025) Bogus Creek: 56 (2024) → 323 (2025)
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Members of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe held a special celebration this Indigenous Peoples Day. Today is the first day in more than 10 years they are catching salmon on the Elwha River and the first time in more than a century that they are fishing a free-flowing river without dams. -Cassandra Profita | Oregon Field Guide
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VIDEO: Washington's Elwha River Thrives After Largest Dam Removal in U.S. History
Jun 2, 2016
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Why salmon are so important… Did you know this? - ‘Return of the River’ on FishingTV Click the link to watch now! https://www.fishingtv.com/video/return-of-the-river/ Return of the River follows the unprecedented efforts of a community to pull off the largest dam removal and river restoration project ever. The Elwha River once flowed hundreds of miles uninterrupted through the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. After being dammed 100 years ago to facilitate the industry of the settlers, the
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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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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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Trump's latest budget could impact Columbia River salmon restoration projects
11 months ago
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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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'Return of the River' follows the unprecedented efforts of a community to pull off the largest dam removal and river restoration project ever. The Elwha River once flowed hundreds of miles uninterrupted through the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. After being dammed 100 years ago to facilitate the industry of the settlers, the native Salmon runs disappeared, cutting off the bloodline to a delicate ecosystem and Indian tribal population. Told as if by the river itself, the story explores th
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BIG news from Balcomb BIG SALMON Ranch! Members of our CWR team spent the last week at Balcomb BSR, and visual observations confirm not only are the salmon successfully returning to the Elwha River to spawn, they are also BIG!! More updates to come, so stay tuned! #Centerforwhaleresearch, #whaleresearch, #southernresidentkillerwhales, #southernresidentorcas, #southernresidents, #orca, #salmon | Center for Whale Research
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Farewell, Dams. Hello, Salmon?
Sep 20, 2011
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On the 11th Day of Giving we saw near the Salish Sea…Eleven Salmon Spawning! What happens on land and in rivers has a large impact on the future of the Southern Resident killer whales. After the removal of 100-year-old dams on the Elwha river, salmon are spawning once again connecting life back to the river and nourishing the ecosystems that depend on them. With the installment of new trail cameras our team has been able to see many other wildlife using the land around the river. This recovery s
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Washington’s Dams Vanished, What The Salmon Did After is Extremely Disturbing!
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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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U.S. Destroyed a Massive Dam — What Salmon Did 24 Hours Later Was Unbelievable
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83 Log Jams Were Built Into One River… Years Later The Salmon Habitat Was Transformed
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The U.S Blew Up Its Largest Dam — Salmons Came Back in Just 12 Months
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The Elwha River's Nature Comeback in Washington State
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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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Salmon Market Prices by Type in 2024: What to Expect When Buying
Mar 7, 2021
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Rising from the Ashes
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Elwha River at former Lake Mills - ONP - May 12, 2021
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Elwha River at former Lake Mills - ONP - May 12, 2021
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Return to Us: Restoring Alaska’s Eklutna River
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