The Elwha Dam no longer exists. Crews have been deconstructing it since September 2011 and recently returned the river to it's natural course.
credit:
Katie Campbell
Demolition of the Elwha Dam on the Olympic Peninsula began in September. This is how the dam looked after the first few months of deconstruction.
credit:
Katie Campbell
Two-year-old Jordan Saluskin, a Lower Elwha Klallam tribal member, peeks over the edge of the Lower Elwha Dam during the ceremony to celebrate the removal of the dams.
NOAA Fisheries scientists Sarah Morely and Amilee Wilson measure the water flow in a side channel of the Elwha as part of a comprehensive study of how the river were changed once the dams are removed.