Elwah River - Being reclaimed by nature, after the removal of two dams.
The Elwha
The road is our trail - here we pass a single Foxglove
More mossy trees along the Elwha
A bend in the Elwha and a logjam, leading to the main road wash out
The silted-in campground, where the newly-freed Elwha took out the campground, the trail, and the access road
Surveying the damage
A new branch of the Elwha through what was once a campground trail
We had intermittent showers - here the tree serves as our umbrella
The view downstream from a bridge over the Elwha
And looking upstream - you can tell the water is glacier-fed
A small waterfall
Interesting roots on a fallen tree
Moss and fern growth on the trees and stumps
Fern-filled forest floor
On the way back, some of us rested at the Ranger Station
A team inventorying the fish in the Alwha creeks. They stun the fish with an electric charge, so they then can be netted
Some of their collected samples