Salmon conservation and dam removal

Salmon recovery in the Pacific Northwest

• Puget Sound Chinook ESA Salmon Recovery Plan

Dam removal resources

• Dam removal references (Western Washington U Library)

Washington

Columbia River

There have been calls for removal of the lower 4 Snake River dams...

• Clickable dam map
• Entire watershed topographic map (PDF)
• Save Our Wild Salmon (non-profit)

Elwha River

Slated for dam removal in 2012?

• Elwha Ecosystem Restoration Project
• Chinook in the Elwha
• Chinook in Olympic Peninsula rivers
• EIS (PDF)
• Dam removal timeline

White Salmon River

Slated for dam removal in 2008? The White Salmon is a tributary of the Columbia River that originates at Mount Adams.

• Condit Hydroelectric Project
• Free the White Salmon River

Idaho+

• 1934 Sunbeam Dam on the main Salmon near Stanley
• 1963 Grangeville Dam on the south fork Clearwater
• 1973 Lewiston Dam on the Clearwater
• 2006 Cove Dam on Bear River in SE Idaho