Scientists knew ocean-going fish would eventually return to the Elwha River on Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula, once two massive concrete dams were torn down. They just didn’t think it would happen so soon. Biologists tracking fish in a tributary of the Elwha last month spotted wild steelhead that likely made it on their own past the site where the Elwha Dam stood for nearly a century — before it was dismantled in March as part of the nation’s largest dam removal project.
With 1 of 2 dams down, fish return to Elwha River
http://www.king5.com/news/With-1-of-2-dams-down-fish-return-to-Elwha-River-162079635.html
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The last native steely I caught was on the Nisqually. He hit a dry Wollf. Heaven for steelhead. Thank you Lord, thank you Elwa.