Useful Elwha Dam Removal Info Links -

There's quite a few links on the Elwha dam removal project. I found the following to be most useful in describing the project, and in posting updated info:

- Coastal Watershed Institute
- Elwha Watershed Information Resource
- Return of the River, Elwha Dam Removal Documentary
- Elwha River Restoration, Facebook Page, (most current info on the project).
- Olympic National Park, Elwha River Restoration page.
- Peninsula Daily News. Posts regular updates on the project.

Mouth of Elwha, early December

Driftwood Beach Shack

Draining Lake Mills. Here, 18' lower, 11/13/10

Draining of Lake Mills..

Here's a great piece by Seattle's King 5 News on the draining of Lake Mills..

http://www.king5.com/news/environment/Lake-Mills-Elwha-dams-classroom.html

Gone Dam Pale Ale, Oct 2010 Release, Harbinger Winery

Here's the bottle label for the Gone Dam Pale Ale, an October only 2010 Release by Harbinger Winery in Port Angeles, WA. Ken DeBondt was the artist for the label.

Garbage Collected on Strait of Juan de Fuca 10/29/10

This batch is from a popular sea kayak paddle we did along the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Freshwater Bay to Salt Creek Rec Area. Vertical cliffs, sea caves, aches, and abundent sea life are part of the trip. Wind and swell can make it an advanced skills paddle, but fun if you know what you're doing. In a few pocket beaches I found large chunks of foam and the normal plastic bottles and other items that had floated in. The kelp beds were saturated in tiny pieces of foam, plastic, and nylon rope, pretty sad, as removing those items would be impossible. I carried these larger pieces back in my kayak, a great way to haul trash out. There were some very large plastic and foam chunks I couldn't fit in and an industrial looking 6 foot wide tire on the first pocket beach north of Observatory Point. Anyone have a helicopter?

Garbage Collected on the Elwha River Mouth 10/30/10

Garbage Collected on the Elwha River Mouth 9/16/10

Garbage Collected on the Elwha River Mouth 9/15/10

Garbage Collected on Freshwater Bay 9/14/10

Da Fuca Blog

Here's a great blog called Da Fuca with incredible witty drawings of waves, surf, surfing, and such around the Juan de Fuca area.

Da Fuca

Elwha River above the new Discovery Trail bridge, 3/10

Beach Garbage Collected at the Elwha River mouth, 5/14/10

The most common items we find are tampon applicators, bottle caps and a flat plastic item used in the shrimp fisheries.

Progress Finally

TV Screen Frame in Beach, 4/30/10

We've tried to remove this TV screen frame a few weeks ago, no luck.

Driftwood Beach Shack, 4/30/10

Speeding over the Elwha

I was speeding to dinner on Saturday night in Port Angeles as most restaurants stop serving food by 9pm. We left our place at 8:15pm, and while obviously not paying attention, passed a state trooper while crossing the Elwha on Highway 112 going 10 over. Oops. I'll send in my $116 donation to Clallam County this week.

Glines Canyon Dam

Motion Blur on Freshwater Bay, WA