General Discussion

badtoworse

(5,957 posts)

11. Didn't the dam have fish ladders?

Thu Sep 18, 2014, 07:06 AM

Sep 2014

Last edited Thu Sep 18, 2014, 08:54 AM - Edit history (1)

The FERC normally would have required them to be installed in order to relicense the dam.

ETA: Did a little research. The dams did not have fish ladders and relicensing them would have required their installation (expensive). Removing these dams is the best possible outcome. It will be interesting to see how long it takes for the river to return to something resembling its former state and how quickly the numbers of returning salmon increase. The fishery should be carefully managed to restore the numbers of fish as quickly as possible.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

26 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Salmon Return to Washington’s Elwha River for the First Time in 102 Years [View all] Omaha Steve Sep 2014 OP

k and r niyad Sep 2014 #1

Those are some damned old salmon Generic Brad Sep 2014 #2

The bears don't seem to mind Omaha Steve Sep 2014 #14

The tribes have been a slow, but steady force in this. Hope for the future. freshwest Sep 2014 #3

the tribes have been KT2000 Sep 2014 #16

K&R ReRe Sep 2014 #4

Great news! Thanks. nt Zorra Sep 2014 #5

Kick! sheshe2 Sep 2014 #6

Great news! daschess1987 Sep 2014 #7

Yup, sunshine in my heart NBachers Sep 2014 #8

It's the end of times!!!1 wheniwasincongress Sep 2014 #9

Oh, my. How heartening. SheilaT Sep 2014 #10

Didn't the dam have fish ladders? badtoworse Sep 2014 #11

Getting up the rivers wasn't the problem Bandit Sep 2014 #12

There are ways to reduce fry mortality from the turbines. badtoworse Sep 2014 #13

So awesome! K&R! nt raouldukelives Sep 2014 #15

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Sep 2014 #17

Thanks for your post, Omaha Steve. nt littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #18

Now if we can just do the same at Hetch Hetchy! jmondine Sep 2014 #19

What a great accomplishment to remove those damns. See the video. rhett o rick Sep 2014 #20

observing and experiencing full on salmon runs hopemountain Sep 2014 #21

K&R! G_j Sep 2014 #22

Used to live on sulphurdunn Sep 2014 #23

go fish AtomicKitten Sep 2014 #24

PBS has a program (Nature maybe?) that shows how the entire Pacific Hestia Sep 2014 #25

K&r and as Alaskan Ray Troll would say.... uppityperson Sep 2014 #26