The biggest dam removal project in history is scheduled to begin next month on the Elwha River. Experts say it should revitalize salmon runs, while the sediment built up behind the dam will act like a ...

PORT ANGELES — The state Department of Transportation plans to remove the old U.S. Highway 101 bridge across the Elwha River beginning July 15. The bridge, which was being undermined by the river ...

PORT ANGELES — When two 100-foot-plus dams that block the Elwha River start coming down Sept. 15, errant, water-borne logs could cause traffic delays on the U.S. Highway 101 bridge that spans the ...

The nation’s largest and most ambitious dam removal will begin this month, when workers start demolishing two antique dams on Washington state’s Elwha River. The Elwha has been cut off from its source ...

Officials say the U.S. Highway 101 bridge over the Elwha River could need replacement or retrofitting now that two dams have been removed. The Peninsula Daily News reports that the now-wild river is ...

Because of the dams, salmon populations have declined dramatically, but starting in 2011 the dams are being removed and Elofson hopes that the salmon population in the Elwha River will climb to what ...

PORT ANGELES (AP) — The National Park Service has picked a Bozeman, Mont., construction company to remove two massive dams on the Elwha River on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Officials say dam ...

Right now the Elwha River on Washington state's Olympic Peninsula is flowing freely once again. Two dams blocked that river for more than a century, but thanks to the largest dam removal project in ...

A fuel spill near Olympic National Park could result in a setback for salmon restoration efforts in the Elwha River, and it could take some time before experts know the full extent of the ecological ...