Elwha River Restoration changed one of Americas most remarkable river recovery stories. Two dams once blocked salmon from reaching upstream habitat in Washingtons Olympic Peninsula. Their removal reopened more than 70 miles of river and tributary habitat. Salmon began returning soon after the dams came down. The river also regained its natural sediment flow. Today, scientists are watching this ecosystem rebuild itself in real time.

Elwha River Restoration changed one of Americas most remarkable river recovery stories. Two dams once blocked salmon from reaching upstream habitat in Washingtons Olympic…

In 1992, Congress passed an Act of law that few outside Washington State took much notice of at the time, yet it would go on to reshape one of the Pacific Northwest's great…