The Ambitious Restoration of An Undammed Western River
Thursday, October 17, 2013 at 12:00AM
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Image: National Park Service: Elwha Restoration Project

Caroline Fraser reports on the current status of the Elwha dam removal project.

With the dismantling of two dams on Washington state’s Elwha River, the world’s largest dam removal project is almost complete. Now, in one of the most extensive U.S. ecological restorations ever attempted, efforts are underway to revive one of the Pacific Northwest’s great salmon rivers.

LINK (via: Yale Environmant 360)

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