Progress on the Elwha

Man, is it nice to get a big conservation win every once in a while!

One of the great recent success stories in fisheries conservation is happening before our very eyes – the removal of two dams on the Elwha River on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington.  The river is returning to its natural state, and guess what – the salmon and steelhead are coming back.

Here’s a recent piece including audio on the status of recovery on the Elwha.  Read, listen and smile.

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