Category: Elwha dam

In the last few years big hoopla has drawn interest of reporters to a remote stretch of Washington State forest to chronicle plans for, and actual demolition of, two old dams that had shut off migratory salmon and steelhead from age-old spawning grounds (see posts from Mar 8, 2007,  May 13, 2009, and  Sept 20, 2011 ).

   In today's New York Times readers, some of whom may recall earlier coverage, go with writer Kirk Johnson for a look at how things are going now that one of the...