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