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Epoch Times
| over 1 year ago
Sep 21, 2011 The Elwha River in Olympic National Park on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington will soon flow freely again. Demolition of the two Elwha River dams, Elwha and Glines Canyon dams began on Sept. 17. The Lower Elwha Kallam tribe and...
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The New York Times
| over 1 year ago
45 am A symbolic turn for salmon habitat restoration in Washington State was marked over the weekend as government officials, tribal members, scientists and engineers gathered for the beginning of the largest dam removal ever in the United States.
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Times Standard
| over 1 year ago
Addressing the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco just days before the removal project's critical Draft Environmental Statement was due to be released, Salazar offered a brief preview of the document, saying studies indicate removal of the dams will...
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Mail Tribune
| over 1 year ago
The cost of removing four dams on the Klamath River in California and Oregon will be far less than first believed, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Monday as he worked to rally support for several massive federal water projects. An environmental...
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Associated Press
| over 1 year ago
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar completed a two-day visit to Washington on Sunday with stops at Yakima and the Tri-Cities. At Yakima, Salazar and other officials discussed the importance of partnerships in managing the water supply for irrigation and...
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Tri-City Herald
| over 1 year ago
Phrases such as "historic meeting" and "it's time" got tossed around a lot Sunday, almost as much as the word "water."...Sen. Maria Cantwell, and federal Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Conner in Yakima together to talk about meeting...
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The Idaho Statesman
| over 1 year ago
Wash The celebration of the removal of two dams on the Elwha River in Olympic National Park Saturday had all of the elements of similar ceremonies since the Edwards Dam was bulldozed on Maines Kennebec River 12 years ago...People who had worked...
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Los Angeles Times
| over 1 year ago
In a deep turquoise pool in a gorge of steep granite and thick Douglas fir, dozens of salmon swam fitfully. Swirling and slow, they made their way up one side of the riverbed, only to run into the steep concrete face of Elwha Dam the formidable...
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The News Tribune
| over 1 year ago
A few hundred people and several dozen Chinook salmon gathered near the Elwha Dam on Saturday to witness the beginning of the process to set the Elwha River free and restore five species of Pacific salmon to more than 70 miles of river and stream. An...
