Elwha Double Cappuccino

Friday, April 20, 2012 at 12:00AM
Eric Rathbun in Destinations, Environment, elwha river, elwha river dam removal, undamming the elwha

Sediment from the Elwha River flows into the Straight of Juan De Fuca as demolition continues on Glines Canyon Dam.

Glines always held back the majority of sediment, because it is upstream of Elwha Dam. Together the dams trapped sediment that normally would have rinsed down the river over the last 100 years.

LINK (Via:The Seattle Times)

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