Restoration of the Elwha River

Restoring the Elwha River Webisode Series
This series of webisodes, produced by Wings over Watersheds, chronicles the removal of the Elwha Dam and Glines Canyon Dam - the largest dam removal project in United States history.

 

• The River Emerges

  

  The fourth webisode in the Restoring the Elwha series takes you behind the scenes of dam demolition and sediment management on the Elwha River.  As the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams come down, Elwha River emerges. 

  Credit/ Author:

  Produced for NPS by Wings Over Watersheds

  Date created:

  2013-04-04

  Download Original File:

  olym-web-3-Final3.mov 189675 KB

 

• Stepping Down the Dams

  

  This third webisode in the series goes behind the scenes of dam removal and restoration efforts during the first year of the project.

  Credit/ Author:

  Wings over Watershed

  Date created:

  2012-11-20

  Download Original File:

  olym-Web-2--Final-ONP.mov 192141 KB

 

• Restoration of the Elwha Begins

  

  The second webisode in the Restoration of the Elwha River series chronicles the final days of energy production by the Elwha and Glines Canyon Dams and the beginning of the deconstruction of the dams and restoration of the ecosystem.

  Credit/ Author:

  Produced for NPS by Wings Over Watersheds

  Date created:

  2012-04-30

  Download Original File:

  olym-RestorationBegins_Video2.flv 76304 KB

 

• Elwha River Restoration

  

  This five-minute 'webisode' offers an introduction to the Elwha River, its people, its once-prolific salmon runs, the century of hydropower the river produced and the eventual decision to remove Elwha and Glines Canyon Dams.

  Date created:

  2011-06-01

  Download Original File:

  olym-Elwha_webisode1_1200mbps.flv 97056 KB

 

This webpage was made possible in part by a grant from Washington's National Park Fund.