The Elwha dams are gone and chinook are surging back, but why are so few reaching the upper river?

The Elwha dams are gone and chinook are surging back, but why are so few reaching the upper river?

Source: seattle times

10/18/2020

ELWHA RIVER, Olympic Peninsula — They were the king of kings in Puget Sound, the biggest chinook of them all, strong enough to muscle up the falls at the Goblin Gates and power on all the way through nearly 4 miles of chutes and falls in the Grand Canyon of the Elwha.

If Elwha River recovery has an icon, it is these legendary Elwha Tyee, chinook bigger than 100 pounds. Bringing them back was the rallying cry for generations of advocates of Elwha dam removal, from the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe to the halls of the U.S. Congress, which ultimately approved and funded a $325 million removal project.

Completed in 2014, it’s still the biggest dam takedown anywhere in the world.

Elwha River

Salmon, Chinook

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