Editor’s note July 2025: We’re heartbroken over the devastating fuel spill into the Elwha River. It sets back more than a decade of recovery and revival of an iconic Cascadian ecosystem. Below we reshare our timelapse video of the 2011 removal of one of the Elwha River dams and a fervent hope for a resilient recovery.
I updated and edited the Glines Canyon Dam removal video I did last week. You’ll see that work slowed for a few days on the Glines Dam, perhaps because of the heavy rains rushing over the top.
If you want to see more about the Elwha, you should also check out American Rivers’ video. By the way, a big chunk of dam removal funding came from the too-little-appreciated US federal stimulus package of early 2009.
Thanks to the National Park Service for permission to use their webcam images in this video.
