On the sediment badlands above the river, the pioneers of what might one day be a forest again were already in the ground: native plants raised from seeds gathered in the Elwha valley, part of an ...

It’s been over a decade since two dams came out of the Elwha River on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. Salmon are returning, cougars, elk, foxes and bears roam 800 acres of newly restored land ...

As the dams begin to come down, the National Park Service looks back at the region’s history and prepares for the welcome changes to the ecosystem Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content Licensing ...

This story was originally published on MyNorthwest.com. The Super-class ferry Elwha was born in the bustling waters of Puget Sound. Built in 1967, the Elwha was the last of the four Super-class ...

When the Elwha was taken out of service by Washington State Ferries in 2019, a collective sigh of relief could surely be heard across Puget Sound. The super-class ferry, which had space for 2,000 ...