Rumor has it that the three entities charged with planning stock rebuilding for the Elwha are near agreement.
As you may or may not know the Lower Elwha Cllalams are the native entity The National Park Service and WDFW make up the other three.
As you can imagine they come at the soloution a little differently and numerous meetins and disscusions have taken place. As soon as I get anything in writing I will pass it along on the BB.

[This message has been edited by Native son (edited 07-22-2000).]

Native son, do you know if PUSHING for the start of the lower dam removal is part of the plan?

Corky, Elwha River Fish Restoration Plan is out in a draft and deals with stock assesment and planning procedures for rebuilding the ten salmonid stocks that historically used the Elwha River basin prior to construction of the dams, they are winter and summer steelhead, searun cutthroat and char, spring and summer/fall chinook, coho, pink, chum, and sockeye salmon.

The draft deals only with restoration and assumes the removal of both dams it is 21 pages long and deals with most aspects of rehab of the fish and harvest managment during rebuilding cycles I imagine it will be out for public view soon.

So I guess if there is going to be any pushing for a start date we all are going to have to start pushing.

I would be interested in reading the plan.

Tight Lines

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