In 1992, Congress passed the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act, authorizing the removal of the dams to ...

The dam removal project began in 2020 along the Klamath River near the California-Oregon border. The watershed supports one of the largest salmon runs in the country; however, dam construction since ...

As the dams begin to come down, the National Park Service looks back at the region’s history and prepares for the welcome changes to the ecosystem Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content Licensing ...

NPCA’s Seattle office coordinated multiple trips with local volunteers to remove invasive species in preparation for dam removal and prepared plants for revegetation at the park’s greenhouse. The ...

It’s been over a decade since two dams came out of the Elwha River on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. Salmon are returning, cougars, elk, foxes and bears roam 800 acres of newly restored land ...