It's like Field of Dreams," he added. As in, build it, and they will come. Or in this case, un-build it.

Photo: John McMillan

More on that 35 inch male steelhead spotted by biologist John McMillan and collegue Ray Moses on the Elwha.

The gray ghosts of the Elwha are back: wild steelhead, already spotted beyond the free flowing stretch of river that used to be Elwha Dam, for the first time in a century.

"We saw this really large fish, we hadn't tagged anything like it, it was also in better condition than all the other fish," McMillan said. "We could only conclude it had made it up there on its own.

LINK (via: The Seattle Times)

Comments

[deerhawk]

We experienced the same set of events after the removal of Hemlock Dam on Trout Creek in "09
Fish know what they want...

[Richard Cranium]

Beautiful! I just squirted a tear. Bring them all down.

[dfdf]

there are fish that return to impassable hydro operations here in Newfoundland even 60 years after their construction. Nature will always repair itself if given time.

[SteelSkater]

Man that is sweet to see!