cat_notes: -> Washington View: Northwest dams ‘flood busters,’ prevent devastation - http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/may/31/Washington-View-Don-Brunell/ President Harry Truman flew west to see the water-logged mess. Speaking to an audience in Portland, Truman said the flooding could have been averted if a network of dams along the Columbia, Snake and Willamette rivers was in place. He scolded Congress and told them to get off the dime and fund the Bureau of Reclamation to complete its flood-control projects. Over the next 20 years, the McNary, Dalles and John Day dams were completed on the lower Columbia and Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose and Lower Granite dams were completed on the lower Snake, adding flood-control capacity, generating much-needed hydropower and establishing a 465-mile water transportation network from the Pacific Ocean to Clarkston.

notes: FACEBOOK - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Elwha-River-Restoration/116387105073343 --- Olympic National Park, Dam Removal - Overview http://www.nps.gov/olym/naturescience/dam-removal-overview.htm http://www.nps.gov/olym/naturescience/dam-removal-blog.htm Tearing Down The Elwha River Dam - http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/water/2294301 ... The two reservoirs must ultimately be drained of 48,600 acre-ft. of water--enough to flood Safeco Ballpark in Seattle, the home of the Mariners, to the height of a 130-story skyscraper. Then there is the reservoirs' sediment, 18 million cubic yards of the stuff, an amount so large that scientists have studied the debris flows from the explosion of Mount St. Helens to gauge how aquatic life will react to it washing downstream. Reservoir drawdowns will be carefully timed to manage turbidity. By late 2011, both dams will be history, reservoirs drained and raw banks softened by sprouting trees. It will take three to five years for the river to flush out excess sediment, but the fish, Winter says, will likely reappear in a few months. It will be 30 years before the population is fully restored. === Elwha Ecosystem Restoration Project - http://www.nps.gov/olym/naturescience/elwha-ecosystem-restoration.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwha_Ecosystem_Restoration Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment http://www.elwhainfo.org/resource-management/brownfields-cleanup --------- http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/21048 This is an archived story. The information and any links may no longer be accurate. 09/15/2010 10:29 AM Biggest Dam Removal In U.S. History Underway SustainableBusiness.com News The largest dam removal project in U.S. History is undeway in Olympic National Park in Washington State. Two dams on the Elwha river, constructed 100 years ago without fish ladders, are being taken out to restore roughly 70 miles of river and stream habitat for wild salmon. Tom Banse of OPB News filed a radio report on the efforts, stating that salmon still come to the base of the lower dam after all these years and swim about aimlessly with no route to move farther inland. Removal of the dams has been under consideration since 1986, when the Lower Elwha Klallam Indian tribe first challenged the relicensing of 210-foot tall Glines Canyon Dam and the 108-foot tall Elwha Dam. ---- Preparations Underway For Biggest Dam Removal In U.S. History September 13, 2010 | Port Angeles, WA http://news.opb.org/article/13038-preparations-underway-biggest-dam-removal-us-history/ ---- Elwha River's coming dam removal has scientists flooded with unknowns July 30, 2010 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012495725_elwha31m.html ============== http://www.elwhainfo.org/elwha-river-watershed http://www.americanrivers.org/your-region/elwha-river-trp.html http://elwha.blogspot.com/ http://www.elwhabiodiversity.org/ http://www.usbr.gov/pmts/sediment/projects/ElwhaRiver/ElwhaGlinesCanyon.htm http://buffalopost.net/?tag=glines-canyon-dam ============== Elwha Valley Olympic Range within Olympic National Park Clallam, Jefferson Counties http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clallam_County,_Washington http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Washington Glines Canyon Dam - which forms Lake Mills Reservoir Elwha Dam which creates Lake Aldwell City of Port Angeles - 2010 water treatment facilities ---------- http://www.elwhainfo.org/people-and-communities/lower-elwha-klallam-tribe ----------- Condit Dam Removal: White Salmon River in Washington gets a cleanup before Condit Dam is removed - September 17, 2011 http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/09/white_salmon_river_in_washingt.html -- Time Lapse Website for Removal of Condit Dam August 25, 2011 http://www.hydroreform.org/news/2011/08/25/time-lapse-website-for-removal-of-condit-dam -- Restore the White Salmon: keep Condit Dam removal on track for 2011 February 8, 2011 http://www.americanrivers.org/newsroom/blog/restore-the-white-salmon-2-8-2011.html -- Condit Hydroelectric Project - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condit_Hydroelectric_Project -- http://news.opb.org/article/13038-preparations-underway-biggest-dam-removal-us-history/ Several other dams around the country are slated to be torn down next year as well. That includes Pacific Power's 125-foot tall Condit Dam on the White Salmon River near Portland ======================== A dam in danger (Howard Hanson dam) 21 March 2011 http://www.waterpowermagazine.com/story.asp?sc=2059202 -> FACEBOOK - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Elwha-River-Restoration/116387105073343 --- Olympic National Park, Dam Removal - Overview http://www.nps.gov/olym/naturescience/dam-removal-overview.htm http://www.nps.gov/olym/naturescience/dam-removal-blog.htm Tearing Down The Elwha River Dam - http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/water/2294301 ... The two reservoirs must ultimately be drained of 48,600 acre-ft. of water--enough to flood Safeco Ballpark in Seattle, the home of the Mariners, to the height of a 130-story skyscraper. Then there is the reservoirs' sediment, 18 million cubic yards of the stuff, an amount so large that scientists have studied the debris flows from the explosion of Mount St. Helens to gauge how aquatic life will react to it washing downstream. Reservoir drawdowns will be carefully timed to manage turbidity. By late 2011, both dams will be history, reservoirs drained and raw banks softened by sprouting trees. It will take three to five years for the river to flush out excess sediment, but the fish, Winter says, will likely reappear in a few months. It will be 30 years before the population is fully restored. === Elwha Ecosystem Restoration Project - http://www.nps.gov/olym/naturescience/elwha-ecosystem-restoration.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwha_Ecosystem_Restoration Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment http://www.elwhainfo.org/resource-management/brownfields-cleanup --------- http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/21048 This is an archived story. The information and any links may no longer be accurate. 09/15/2010 10:29 AM Biggest Dam Removal In U.S. History Underway SustainableBusiness.com News The largest dam removal project in U.S. History is undeway in Olympic National Park in Washington State. Two dams on the Elwha river, constructed 100 years ago without fish ladders, are being taken out to restore roughly 70 miles of river and stream habitat for wild salmon. Tom Banse of OPB News filed a radio report on the efforts, stating that salmon still come to the base of the lower dam after all these years and swim about aimlessly with no route to move farther inland. Removal of the dams has been under consideration since 1986, when the Lower Elwha Klallam Indian tribe first challenged the relicensing of 210-foot tall Glines Canyon Dam and the 108-foot tall Elwha Dam. ---- Preparations Underway For Biggest Dam Removal In U.S. History September 13, 2010 | Port Angeles, WA http://news.opb.org/article/13038-preparations-underway-biggest-dam-removal-us-history/ ---- Elwha River's coming dam removal has scientists flooded with unknowns July 30, 2010 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012495725_elwha31m.html ============== http://www.elwhainfo.org/elwha-river-watershed http://www.americanrivers.org/your-region/elwha-river-trp.html http://elwha.blogspot.com/ http://www.elwhabiodiversity.org/ http://www.usbr.gov/pmts/sediment/projects/ElwhaRiver/ElwhaGlinesCanyon.htm http://buffalopost.net/?tag=glines-canyon-dam ============== Elwha Valley Olympic Range within Olympic National Park Clallam, Jefferson Counties http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clallam_County,_Washington http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Washington Glines Canyon Dam - which forms Lake Mills Reservoir Elwha Dam which creates Lake Aldwell City of Port Angeles - 2010 water treatment facilities ---------- http://www.elwhainfo.org/people-and-communities/lower-elwha-klallam-tribe http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2011/09/19/Elway-River-restoration-under-way-in-Washington/UPI-72801316441571/ ----------- Condit Dam Removal: White Salmon River in Washington gets a cleanup before Condit Dam is removed - September 17, 2011 http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/09/white_salmon_river_in_washingt.html -- Time Lapse Website for Removal of Condit Dam August 25, 2011 http://www.hydroreform.org/news/2011/08/25/time-lapse-website-for-removal-of-condit-dam -- Restore the White Salmon: keep Condit Dam removal on track for 2011 February 8, 2011 http://www.americanrivers.org/newsroom/blog/restore-the-white-salmon-2-8-2011.html -- Condit Hydroelectric Project - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condit_Hydroelectric_Project -- http://news.opb.org/article/13038-preparations-underway-biggest-dam-removal-us-history/ Several other dams around the country are slated to be torn down next year as well. That includes Pacific Power's 125-foot tall Condit Dam on the White Salmon River near Portland ======================== A dam in danger (Howard Hanson dam) 21 March 2011 http://www.waterpowermagazine.com/story.asp?sc=2059202

notes: Olympic National Park, Dam Removal - Overview http://www.nps.gov/olym/naturescience/dam-removal-overview.htm Tearing Down The Elwha River Dam - http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/water/2294301 ... The two reservoirs must ultimately be drained of 48,600 acre-ft. of water--enough to flood Safeco Ballpark in Seattle, the home of the Mariners, to the height of a 130-story skyscraper. Then there is the reservoirs' sediment, 18 million cubic yards of the stuff, an amount so large that scientists have studied the debris flows from the explosion of Mount St. Helens to gauge how aquatic life will react to it washing downstream. Reservoir drawdowns will be carefully timed to manage turbidity. By late 2011, both dams will be history, reservoirs drained and raw banks softened by sprouting trees. It will take three to five years for the river to flush out excess sediment, but the fish, Winter says, will likely reappear in a few months. It will be 30 years before the population is fully restored. === Elwha Ecosystem Restoration Project - http://www.nps.gov/olym/naturescience/elwha-ecosystem-restoration.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwha_Ecosystem_Restoration Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment http://www.elwhainfo.org/resource-management/brownfields-cleanup --------- http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/21048 This is an archived story. The information and any links may no longer be accurate. 09/15/2010 10:29 AM Biggest Dam Removal In U.S. History Underway SustainableBusiness.com News The largest dam removal project in U.S. History is undeway in Olympic National Park in Washington State. Two dams on the Elwha river, constructed 100 years ago without fish ladders, are being taken out to restore roughly 70 miles of river and stream habitat for wild salmon. Tom Banse of OPB News filed a radio report on the efforts, stating that salmon still come to the base of the lower dam after all these years and swim about aimlessly with no route to move farther inland. Removal of the dams has been under consideration since 1986, when the Lower Elwha Klallam Indian tribe first challenged the relicensing of 210-foot tall Glines Canyon Dam and the 108-foot tall Elwha Dam. ---- Preparations Underway For Biggest Dam Removal In U.S. History September 13, 2010 | Port Angeles, WA http://news.opb.org/article/13038-preparations-underway-biggest-dam-removal-us-history/ ---- Elwha River's coming dam removal has scientists flooded with unknowns July 30, 2010 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012495725_elwha31m.html ============== http://www.elwhainfo.org/elwha-river-watershed http://www.americanrivers.org/your-region/elwha-river-trp.html http://elwha.blogspot.com/ http://www.elwhabiodiversity.org/ http://www.usbr.gov/pmts/sediment/projects/ElwhaRiver/ElwhaGlinesCanyon.htm http://buffalopost.net/?tag=glines-canyon-dam ============== Elwha Valley Olympic Range within Olympic National Park Clallam, Jefferson Counties http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clallam_County,_Washington http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Washington Glines Canyon Dam - which forms Lake Mills Reservoir Elwha Dam which creates Lake Aldwell City of Port Angeles - 2010 water treatment facilities ---------- http://www.elwhainfo.org/people-and-communities/lower-elwha-klallam-tribe FACEBOOK - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Elwha-River-Restoration/116387105073343 ======================== A dam in danger (Howard Hanson dam) 21 March 2011 http://www.waterpowermagazine.com/story.asp?sc=2059202 -> FACEBOOK - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Elwha-River-Restoration/116387105073343 --- Olympic National Park, Dam Removal - Overview http://www.nps.gov/olym/naturescience/dam-removal-overview.htm http://www.nps.gov/olym/naturescience/dam-removal-blog.htm Tearing Down The Elwha River Dam - http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/water/2294301 ... The two reservoirs must ultimately be drained of 48,600 acre-ft. of water--enough to flood Safeco Ballpark in Seattle, the home of the Mariners, to the height of a 130-story skyscraper. Then there is the reservoirs' sediment, 18 million cubic yards of the stuff, an amount so large that scientists have studied the debris flows from the explosion of Mount St. Helens to gauge how aquatic life will react to it washing downstream. Reservoir drawdowns will be carefully timed to manage turbidity. By late 2011, both dams will be history, reservoirs drained and raw banks softened by sprouting trees. It will take three to five years for the river to flush out excess sediment, but the fish, Winter says, will likely reappear in a few months. It will be 30 years before the population is fully restored. === Elwha Ecosystem Restoration Project - http://www.nps.gov/olym/naturescience/elwha-ecosystem-restoration.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwha_Ecosystem_Restoration Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment http://www.elwhainfo.org/resource-management/brownfields-cleanup --------- http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/21048 This is an archived story. The information and any links may no longer be accurate. 09/15/2010 10:29 AM Biggest Dam Removal In U.S. History Underway SustainableBusiness.com News The largest dam removal project in U.S. History is undeway in Olympic National Park in Washington State. Two dams on the Elwha river, constructed 100 years ago without fish ladders, are being taken out to restore roughly 70 miles of river and stream habitat for wild salmon. Tom Banse of OPB News filed a radio report on the efforts, stating that salmon still come to the base of the lower dam after all these years and swim about aimlessly with no route to move farther inland. Removal of the dams has been under consideration since 1986, when the Lower Elwha Klallam Indian tribe first challenged the relicensing of 210-foot tall Glines Canyon Dam and the 108-foot tall Elwha Dam. ---- Preparations Underway For Biggest Dam Removal In U.S. History September 13, 2010 | Port Angeles, WA http://news.opb.org/article/13038-preparations-underway-biggest-dam-removal-us-history/ ---- Elwha River's coming dam removal has scientists flooded with unknowns July 30, 2010 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012495725_elwha31m.html ============== http://www.elwhainfo.org/elwha-river-watershed http://www.americanrivers.org/your-region/elwha-river-trp.html http://elwha.blogspot.com/ http://www.elwhabiodiversity.org/ http://www.usbr.gov/pmts/sediment/projects/ElwhaRiver/ElwhaGlinesCanyon.htm http://buffalopost.net/?tag=glines-canyon-dam ============== Elwha Valley Olympic Range within Olympic National Park Clallam, Jefferson Counties http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clallam_County,_Washington http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Washington Glines Canyon Dam - which forms Lake Mills Reservoir Elwha Dam which creates Lake Aldwell City of Port Angeles - 2010 water treatment facilities ---------- http://www.elwhainfo.org/people-and-communities/lower-elwha-klallam-tribe ----------- Condit Dam Removal: White Salmon River in Washington gets a cleanup before Condit Dam is removed - September 17, 2011 http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/09/white_salmon_river_in_washingt.html -- Time Lapse Website for Removal of Condit Dam August 25, 2011 http://www.hydroreform.org/news/2011/08/25/time-lapse-website-for-removal-of-condit-dam -- Restore the White Salmon: keep Condit Dam removal on track for 2011 February 8, 2011 http://www.americanrivers.org/newsroom/blog/restore-the-white-salmon-2-8-2011.html -- Condit Hydroelectric Project - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condit_Hydroelectric_Project -- http://news.opb.org/article/13038-preparations-underway-biggest-dam-removal-us-history/ Several other dams around the country are slated to be torn down next year as well. That includes Pacific Power's 125-foot tall Condit Dam on the White Salmon River near Portland ======================== A dam in danger (Howard Hanson dam) 21 March 2011 http://www.waterpowermagazine.com/story.asp?sc=2059202
cat_notes: http://news.opb.org/article/13038-preparations-underway-biggest-dam-removal-us-history/ Several other dams around the country are slated to be torn down next year as well. That includes Pacific Power's 125-foot tall Condit Dam on the White Salmon River near Portland. ->

notes: Olympic National Park, Dam Removal - Overview http://www.nps.gov/olym/naturescience/dam-removal-overview.htm Tearing Down The Elwha River Dam - http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/water/2294301 ... The two reservoirs must ultimately be drained of 48,600 acre-ft. of water--enough to flood Safeco Ballpark in Seattle, the home of the Mariners, to the height of a 130-story skyscraper. Then there is the reservoirs' sediment, 18 million cubic yards of the stuff, an amount so large that scientists have studied the debris flows from the explosion of Mount St. Helens to gauge how aquatic life will react to it washing downstream. Reservoir drawdowns will be carefully timed to manage turbidity. By late 2011, both dams will be history, reservoirs drained and raw banks softened by sprouting trees. It will take three to five years for the river to flush out excess sediment, but the fish, Winter says, will likely reappear in a few months. It will be 30 years before the population is fully restored. === Elwha Ecosystem Restoration Project - http://www.nps.gov/olym/naturescience/elwha-ecosystem-restoration.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwha_Ecosystem_Restoration Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment http://www.elwhainfo.org/resource-management/brownfields-cleanup --------- http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/21048 This is an archived story. The information and any links may no longer be accurate. 09/15/2010 10:29 AM Biggest Dam Removal In U.S. History Underway SustainableBusiness.com News The largest dam removal project in U.S. History is undeway in Olympic National Park in Washington State. Two dams on the Elwha river, constructed 100 years ago without fish ladders, are being taken out to restore roughly 70 miles of river and stream habitat for wild salmon. Tom Banse of OPB News filed a radio report on the efforts, stating that salmon still come to the base of the lower dam after all these years and swim about aimlessly with no route to move farther inland. Removal of the dams has been under consideration since 1986, when the Lower Elwha Klallam Indian tribe first challenged the relicensing of 210-foot tall Glines Canyon Dam and the 108-foot tall Elwha Dam. ---- Preparations Underway For Biggest Dam Removal In U.S. History September 13, 2010 | Port Angeles, WA http://news.opb.org/article/13038-preparations-underway-biggest-dam-removal-us-history/ ---- Elwha River's coming dam removal has scientists flooded with unknowns July 30, 2010 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012495725_elwha31m.html ============== http://www.elwhainfo.org/elwha-river-watershed http://www.americanrivers.org/your-region/elwha-river-trp.html http://elwha.blogspot.com/ http://www.elwhabiodiversity.org/ http://www.usbr.gov/pmts/sediment/projects/ElwhaRiver/ElwhaGlinesCanyon.htm http://buffalopost.net/?tag=glines-canyon-dam ============== Elwha Valley Olympic Range within Olympic National Park Clallam, Jefferson Counties http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clallam_County,_Washington http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Washington Glines Canyon Dam - which forms Lake Mills Reservoir Elwha Dam which creates Lake Aldwell City of Port Angeles - 2010 water treatment facilities ---------- http://www.elwhainfo.org/people-and-communities/lower-elwha-klallam-tribe FACEBOOK - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Elwha-River-Restoration/116387105073343 -> Olympic National Park, Dam Removal - Overview http://www.nps.gov/olym/naturescience/dam-removal-overview.htm Tearing Down The Elwha River Dam - http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/water/2294301 ... The two reservoirs must ultimately be drained of 48,600 acre-ft. of water--enough to flood Safeco Ballpark in Seattle, the home of the Mariners, to the height of a 130-story skyscraper. Then there is the reservoirs' sediment, 18 million cubic yards of the stuff, an amount so large that scientists have studied the debris flows from the explosion of Mount St. Helens to gauge how aquatic life will react to it washing downstream. Reservoir drawdowns will be carefully timed to manage turbidity. By late 2011, both dams will be history, reservoirs drained and raw banks softened by sprouting trees. It will take three to five years for the river to flush out excess sediment, but the fish, Winter says, will likely reappear in a few months. It will be 30 years before the population is fully restored. === Elwha Ecosystem Restoration Project - http://www.nps.gov/olym/naturescience/elwha-ecosystem-restoration.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwha_Ecosystem_Restoration Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment http://www.elwhainfo.org/resource-management/brownfields-cleanup --------- http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/21048 This is an archived story. The information and any links may no longer be accurate. 09/15/2010 10:29 AM Biggest Dam Removal In U.S. History Underway SustainableBusiness.com News The largest dam removal project in U.S. History is undeway in Olympic National Park in Washington State. Two dams on the Elwha river, constructed 100 years ago without fish ladders, are being taken out to restore roughly 70 miles of river and stream habitat for wild salmon. Tom Banse of OPB News filed a radio report on the efforts, stating that salmon still come to the base of the lower dam after all these years and swim about aimlessly with no route to move farther inland. Removal of the dams has been under consideration since 1986, when the Lower Elwha Klallam Indian tribe first challenged the relicensing of 210-foot tall Glines Canyon Dam and the 108-foot tall Elwha Dam. ---- Preparations Underway For Biggest Dam Removal In U.S. History September 13, 2010 | Port Angeles, WA http://news.opb.org/article/13038-preparations-underway-biggest-dam-removal-us-history/ ---- Elwha River's coming dam removal has scientists flooded with unknowns July 30, 2010 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012495725_elwha31m.html ============== http://www.elwhainfo.org/elwha-river-watershed http://www.americanrivers.org/your-region/elwha-river-trp.html http://elwha.blogspot.com/ http://www.elwhabiodiversity.org/ http://www.usbr.gov/pmts/sediment/projects/ElwhaRiver/ElwhaGlinesCanyon.htm http://buffalopost.net/?tag=glines-canyon-dam ============== Elwha Valley Olympic Range within Olympic National Park Clallam, Jefferson Counties http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clallam_County,_Washington http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Washington Glines Canyon Dam - which forms Lake Mills Reservoir Elwha Dam which creates Lake Aldwell City of Port Angeles - 2010 water treatment facilities ---------- http://www.elwhainfo.org/people-and-communities/lower-elwha-klallam-tribe FACEBOOK - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Elwha-River-Restoration/116387105073343 ======================== A dam in danger (Howard Hanson dam) 21 March 2011 http://www.waterpowermagazine.com/story.asp?sc=2059202