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STEVE RINGMAN / THE SEATTLE TIMES
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Saturday, June 9, 2012

New life emerges as dams come down

Looking back in time: Andy Ritchie, Elwha restoration project hydrologist for the National Park Service, examines remnants of the pre-dam forest floor exposed by the Elwha's erosive power. Trees were logged and burned before the river was dammed in 1910.