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Originally published September 17, 2011 at 4:01 PM | Page modified November 9, 2011 at 3:53 PM

Learn more about the dams and restoration of the Elwha River

A list of websites, books and more.

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Websites:

www.nps.gov/olym/naturescience/elwha-ecosystem-restoration.htm (All the regulatory documents pertaining to dam removal as well as the underlying law are available on this site.)

www.elwha.org/damremoval.html

www.americanrivers.org/our-work/restoring-rivers/dams/projects/elwha.html

www.usbr.gov/pmts/sediment/ projects/ElwhaRiver/ElwhaGlinesCanyon.htm

www.elwhainfo.org/

www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/research/divisions/ fed/wpg/elwha.cfm

www.facebook.com/pages/Elwha-River-Restoration/116387105073343

www.video-monitoring.com/construction/olympic/js.htm

www.nps.gov/olym/naturescience/dam-removal-blog.htm

pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5120/

pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3097/

Books:

Early exploration:

• "Across the Olympic Mountains: The Press Expedition, 1889-90," by Robert L. Wood, 1967, University of Washington Press

• "Men, Mules and Mountains: Lieutenant O'Neil's Olympic Expeditions," by Robert L. Wood, 1976, The Mountaineers

History:

• "Mountain in the Clouds: A Search for the Wild Salmon," by Bruce Brown. 1995 University of Washington Press edition is illustrated.

• "Conquering the Last Frontier," by Thomas Aldwell, 1950, American Book-Knickerbocker Press

• "Breaking Ground: The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the Unearthing of Tse-whit-zen Village," by Lynda V. Mapes, 2009, University of Washington Press

• "An Interpretive History of the Elwha River Valley and the Legacy of Hydropower on Washington's Olympic Peninsula," by Paul Sadin and Dawn Vogel, Historical Research Associates, 2011, report submitted to National Park Service.

Science:

"Special Issue, Dam Removal and Ecosystem Restoration in the Elwha River Watershed," Northwest Science, Volume 82, 2008, by Northwest Scientific Association

Also available online at www.nps.gov/olym/naturescience/elwha-ecosystem-restoration.htm, under the documents tab.

Coming soon:

The Seattle Times Co. and Mountaineers Press will publish a book-length version of this special section in September 2012.

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