http://www.onearth.org/blog/the-dams-come-tumbling-down-the-elwha-dam-removal-begins

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From our amazing community, a report from the “opening” of the Elwha River dam. And by opening, we mean that in the literal sense, as a massive excavator tore out the first chunks in the biggest dam removal project in American history.  Tear Down This Dam: Government Officials and Tribal Elders Preside Over the Removal of the Elwha River Dam

1 year agoOctober 3, 2011 Reblog conservation dams energy habitat nrdc onearth restoration rivers salmon tribes wa