Proceedings of the 2011 Elwha River Science Symposium
Barbero K, Morrow T, Shaffer A, Duda JJ, Jenkins K, Blackie B, Lear C (ed). 2012. Proceedings of the 2011 Elwha River Science Symposium. Peninsula College, Port Angeles, WA. September 14-16, 2011. Port Angeles, WA
Compilation of transcriptions of key speakers and abstracts from talks relating to overall project of Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration. After years of anticipation, volumes of Environmental Impact Statements, multiple mitigation projects, and the multidisciplinary collections of pre-dam removal data, the deconstruction phase of the Elwha River restoration officially began on September 17th, 2011. With their simultaneous decommissioning, the removal of the 64 m tall Glines Canyon Dam and the 33 m tall Elwha Dam represents one of the largest such projects of its kind in North America. It's also an excellent opportunity to study large-scale ecosystem restoration, as the majority of the reconnected habitat that will become available to recolonizing salmon occurs in the protected wilderness areas of Olympic National Park. As part of a week-long series of 'Celelbrate Elwha' events, which culiminated with a moving ceremony commemorating the official launch of dam removal, I was proud to work with a number of dedicated people, listed below, to organize the two day 2011 Elwha River Science Symposium. ... We held the two-day symposium on the beautiful campus of Peninsula College on September 15-16, 2011, with a goal of providing the over 350 participants with many diverse perspectives about the Elwha River and the meaning of the historic dam removal project.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding
- Authors
- Barbero, Kiley; Morrow, Tara; Shaffer, Anne; Duda, Jeffrey; Jenkins, Kurt; Blackie, Barbara; Lear, Cathy
- Date of Issue
- 2012
- Units
- OLYM
- Keywords
- Archeology, Dam Removal, Elwha River EWatershed, Fisheries, Nearshore, Restoration, Riparian, Sediment, Vegetation, Wildlife