Glines gone in a year – PDN

The Glines Canyon Dam, the upper dam on the Elwha River, will be completely removed ahead of schedule between spring and summer 2013, federal officials said this week. The last remnants of the lower dam, the 108-foot Elwha Dam, which formed Lake Aldwell 5 miles upstream from the river’s mouth, were removed in March. Dam [...]

Restoration work planned on Ediz Hook this summer – PDN

Habitat restoration is planned on a 1,200-foot stretch of Ediz Hook this summer. The Lower Elwha ­Klallam tribe and state Department of Natural Resources will restore the “A-frame” site on the spit, a former log dump area that was used until the 1970s. It will be cleared of fill and existing structures during an eight-week [...]

Elwha sediment not just mud, it’s nourishment – Seattle Times

The sediment loads in the Elwha River are spiking because the reservoir behind former Elwha Dam is now completely gone. That means the settling of fines that used to occur in the lake is no longer happening so all that material is pouring into the river, and heading on down to the Strait of Juan [...]

Empire of Dirt Gives Way to the Return of the Salmon–KCTS

Elwha Love: Katie Campbell and Ashley Ahearn update the progress being made in Elwha restoration. http://earthfix.kcts9.org/water/article/checking-in-on-the-elwha/

Elwha- Glines Canyon Dam removal begins – PDN

The Peninsula Daily News is right on top with today’s report on the first chip being removed from the Glines Canyon Dam. Dam removal work begins http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20110915/NEWS/309159991/dam-removal-work-begins-first-chip-out-of-taller-glines-canyon-dam

A Jersey guy’s love for the Olympics – Seattle PI

Bill Bradley came to Seattle as a work destination, facing the Sonics as a New York Knicks forward, and later as a U.S. Senator from New Jersey. He happened to look across the water at a sight that continues to transfix even the most jaded among us locals. “I had my personal exposure,” Bradley joked [...]

Lake Aldwell behind Elwha Dam begins its descent -PDN

6/13 Peninsula Daily News Lake Aldwell behind Elwha Dam begins its descent By Rob Ollikainen Peninsula Daily News PORT ANGELES — The surface level of Lake Aldwell is no longer being manipulated by man. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on Wednesday ceased management of the draw on the reservoir west of Port Angeles, Olympic National [...]