Dismantling Dams in Washington State
Jennifer Schmidt of member station KPLU in Seattle looks at the future of the Elwha River. Two hydroelectric dams on the Elwha have seriously depleted the river’s salmon population; now, with an OK from Congress, environmentalists hope to remove the dams and restore the river to a more natural state.
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