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Kicking off the Second Largest Dam Removal in California

In August 2016, NOAA and partners broke ground on the second-largest dam removal in California. The Benbow Dam, on the South Fork of the Eel River, is a safety hazard. It also limited salmon and steelhead from reaching their upstream habitat.
August 01, 2016 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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Benefits for Wildlife Flow From San Clemente Dam Removal

Joyce Ambrosius celebrates the restoration of crucial habitat for steelhead after 16 years of dedication.
July 28, 2016 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Two people holding a large, framed photograph of a dam Congressman Sam Farr, at right, presents a framed photograph of San Clemente Dam to Joyce Ambrosius of NOAA Fisheries at a ceremony celebrating the dam's removal. The photograph is a montage of before and after shots blended into a single image. Photo: Jim Milbury, NOAA Fisheries

NOAA Fisheries Assists Olympic National Park in Reopening Elwha River

NOAA Fisheries’ West Coast Region recently played a key role in helping Olympic National Park fund the removal of massive boulders in the Elwha River
November 17, 2015 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Water flowing through a rocky section of the Elwha River

A River Runs Around It

The dam removal and routing of the Carmel River began in 2013 and will be completely finished at the end of this year.
August 26, 2015 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
San Clemente dam in the process of being torn down

New Adult Fish Facility Opens Oregon’s South Santiam Basin to Threatened Salmon and Steelhead

Oregon’s Foster Dam just got an upgrade, one that is proving vital to the survival of threatened Upper Willamette River spring Chinook salmon and winter steelhead.
January 04, 2015 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Foster collection facility

The Importance of Eelgrass

NOAA Fisheries is providing guidelines to prevent further loss of one of nature’s most valuable and productive habitats in the marine environment—eelgrass.
November 07, 2014 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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Washington’s Baker River Reaches All Time Record—One Million Salmon Are on Their Way to the Pacific Ocean

It's a record-smashing season for young salmon migrating through the Baker River in the North Cascades of Washington State.
June 23, 2014 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Surface collector spanning a lake, view from the air Aerial view of the floating surface collector on Baker Lake

Food for Thought

In the Pacific Northwest (WA, OR, CA), many watersheds receive up to 90-95% fewer spawning salmon (by biomass) compared to historic conditions of the late 18th and early 19th century, and this may have profound implications for the productivity of these watersheds and the species they support.
May 08, 2014 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Experimental channels were used to measure affects on food web. Photo: NOAA Fisheries

Removing Barrier Opens 40 Miles of Habitat to Threatened Steelhead in California Creek

For more than a century, a concrete wall stood in the way of steelhead reaching their prime spawning and rearing habitat in San Francisquito Creek, a tributary to south San Francisco Bay.
February 27, 2014 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Rocky, dry riverbed Bonde Weir before removal and reconstruction. Credit: NOAA

Restoring the Elwha River

We are collecting data and investigating the potential environmental impacts of the upcoming Elwha River dams removal.
January 21, 2010 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Man carrying a fish on a stick over his shoulder