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Elwha River Restoration — Information Resources and Bibliography

Compiled by Jeff Duda, U.S. Geological Survey, [email protected]

Current as of 4/9/2019

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Elwha River Bibliography 2 | P a g e

Peer-reviewed publications documenting the ecosystem prior to dam

removal

Acker, S.A., T.J. Beechie, and P.B. Shafroth. 2008. Effects of a natural dam-break flood on

geomorphology and vegetation on the Elwha River, Washington, USA. Northwest Science

82 (Special Issue):210-223.

Brenkman, S.J., G.R. Pess, C.E. Torgersen, K.K. Kloehn, J.J. Duda, and S.C. Corbett. 2008.

Predicting recolonization patterns and interactions between potamodromous and

anadromous salmonids in response to dam removal in the Elwha River, Washington State,

USA. Northwest Science 82 (Special Issue):91-106.

Brenkman, S.J., Mumford, S.L., House, M. and Patterson, C. 2008. Establishing baseline information

on the geographic distribution of fish pathogens endemic in Pacific salmonids prior to dam

removal and subsequent recolonization by anadromous fish in the Elwha River, Washington.

Northwest Science 82(Special Issue):142-152.

Brenkman, S.J., J.J. Duda, C.E. Torgersen, E. Welty, G. Pess, R. Peters, and M. McHenry. 2012. A

riverscape perspective on distributions and abundances of Pacific Salmonids in Washington

State's Elwha River prior to large-scale dam removal and ecosystem restoration. Fisheries

Management and Ecology 19:36-53.

Brown, R.L. and Chenoweth, J., 2008. The effect of Glines Canyon Dam on hydrochorous seed

dispersal in the Elwha River. Northwest Science 82(Special Issue):197-209.

Burke, B.J., Frick, K.E., Moses, R.E. and McHenry, M.L., 2008. Movements by adult coho salmon in

the lower Elwha River, Washington. Northwest Science 82(Special Issue):119-127.

Buscombe D., D.M. Rubin, and J.A. Warrick. 2010. Universal measure of mean grain size from

images of non-cohesive sediment. Journal of Geophysical Research- Earth Surface

115:F02015.

Cavaliere, E. and P. Homann. 2012. Elwha River sediments: phosphorus characterization and

dynamics under diverse environmental conditions. Northwest Science 86:95-107.

Coe, H.J., P.M. Kiffney, G.R. Pess, K.K. Kloehn, and M.L. McHenry. 2009. Periphyton and

invertebrate response to wood placement in large Pacific coastal rivers. River Research and

Applications 25:1025-1035.

Coe, H.J., Kiffney, P.M. and Pess, G.R., 2006. A comparison of methods to evaluate the response of

periphyton and invertebrates to wood placement in large Pacific coastal rivers. Northwest

Science 80:298-307.

Connolly, P.J. and S.J. Brenkman. 2008. Fish assemblage, density, and growth in lateral habitats

within natural and regulated sections of Washington's Elwha River prior to dam removal.


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Cook, K.L., W.W. Wallender, C.S. Bledsoe, G. Pasternack, and S.K. Upadhyaya. 2009. Effects of

native plant species, mycorrhizal inoculum, and mulch on restoration of reservoir sediment

following dam removal, Elwha River, Olympic Peninsula, Washington. Restoration Ecology

19:251-260.

DeHaan, P.W., S.J. Brenkman, B. Adams, and P. Crain. 2011. Genetic population structure of

Olympic Peninsula bull trout populations and implications for Elwha dam removal.

Northwest Science 85:463-475.

Draut, A.E., J.B. Logan, and M.C. Mastin. 2011. Channel evolution in the dammed Elwha River,

Washington. Geomorphology 127:71-87.

Duda, J.J., J.E. Freilich, and E.G. Schreiner. 2008. Baseline studies in the Elwha River ecosystem

prior to dam removal: introduction to the special issue. Northwest Science 82(Special

Issue):1-12.

Duda, J.J., S. Morley, H. Coe, K. Kloehn, M. McHenry. 2011. Establishing spatial trends in water

chemistry and stable isotopes (δ15N and δ13C) in the Elwha River prior to dam removal and

salmon recolonization. River Research and Applications 27:1169-1181.

Gelarden, C.J. and J.F. McLaughlin. 2013. Forecasting avian responses to Elwha River restoration.

Ecological Restoration 31:31-45.

Hansen, A.G., J.R. Gardner, D.A. Beauchamp, R. Paradis, and T.P. Quinn. 2016. Recovery of

sockeye salmon in the Elwha River, Washington, after dam removal: dependence of smolt

production on the resumption of anadromy by landlocked kokanee. Transactions of the

American Fisheries Society 145:1303-1317.

Jenkins, K.J., N.D. Chelgren, K.A. Sager‐Fradkin, P.J. Happe and M.J. Adams. 2015. Occupancy patterns of mammals and lentic amphibians in the Elwha River riparian zone before dam

removal. River Research and Applications 31:193-206.

Konrad, C.P., 2009. Simulating the recovery of suspended sediment transport and river-bed stability

in response to dam removal on the Elwha River, Washington. Ecological Engineering

35:1104-1115.

Kloehn K.K., T.J. Beechie, S.A. Morley, H.J. Coe, and J.J. Duda, 2008. Influence of dams on river-

floodplain dynamics in the Elwha River, Washington. Northwest Science 82 (Special

Issue):224-235.

Masteller, C.C., N.J. Finnegan, J.A. Warrick, and I.M. Miller. 2015. Kelp, cobbles, and currents:

Biologic reduction of coarse grain entrainment stress. Geology 43:543-546.

McHenry, M.L. and G.R. Pess. 2008. An overview of monitoring options for assessing the response

of salmonids and their aquatic ecosystems in the Elwha River following dam removal.


McLaughlin, J.F., 2013. Engaging birds in vegetation restoration after Elwha dam

removal. Ecological Restoration 31:46-56.

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Michel, J.T., J.M. Helfield and D.U. Hooper. 2011. Seed rain and revegetation of exposed substrates

following dam removal on the Elwha River. Northwest Science 85:15-29.

Miller, I.M., and J.A. Warrick. 2012. Measuring sediment transport and bed disturbance with tracers

on a mixed beach. Marine Geology 299-302:1-17.

Miller, I.M., J.A. Warrick, and C. Morgan. 2011. Observations of coarse sediment movements on the

mixed beach of the Elwha Delta, Washington. Marine Geology 282:201-214.

Morley, S.A., J.J. Duda, H.J. Coe, K.K. Kloehn, and M.L. McHenry. 2008. Benthic invertebrates and

periphyton in the Elwha River Basin: current conditions and predicted response to dam

removal. Northwest Science 82 (Special Issue):179-196.

Morley, S.A., H.J. Coe, J.J. Duda, L.S. Dunphy M.L. McHenry, B.R. Beckman, M. Elofson, E.M.

Sampson, and L. Ward. 2016. Seasonal variation exceeds effects of salmon carcass additions

on benthic foodwebs in the Elwha River. Ecosphere 7(8), article e01422. DOI:

10.1002/ecs2.1422.

Mussman, E.K., D. Zabowski, and S.A. Acker. 2008. Predicting secondary reservoir sediment

erosion and stabilization following dam removal. Northwest Science 82(Special Issue):236-

245.

Parks, D., A. Shaffer, and D. Berry. 2013. Nearshore drift-cell sediment processes and ecological

function for forage fish: implications for ecological restoration of impaired Pacific

Northwest marine ecosystems. Journal of Coastal Research 29:984-997.

Perry, L.G., P.B. Shafroth, and S.S. Perakis. 2017. Riparian soil development linked to forest

succession above and below dams along the Elwha River, Washington, USA. Ecosystems

20:104-129. doi:10.1007/s10021-016-0080-1.

Pess, G.R., M.L. McHenry, T.J. Beechie, and J. Davies. 2008. Biological impacts of the Elwha River

dams and potential salmonid responses to dam removal. Northwest Science 82(Special

Issue):72-90.

Pess, G.R., Liermann, M.C., McHenry, M.L., Peters, R.J. and Bennett, T.R., 2012. Juvenile salmon

response to the placement of engineered log jams (ELJs) in the Elwha River, Washington

State, USA. River Research and Applications, 28:872-881.

Quinn, T.P., N. Harris, J.A. Shaffer, C. Byrnes and P. Crain. 2013. Juvenile Coho salmon in the

Elwha River estuary prior to dam removal: Seasonal occupancy, size distribution, and

comparison to nearby Salt Creek. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 142:1058-

1066.

Quinn, T.P., J.A. Shaffer, J. Brown, N. Harris, C. Byrnes, and P. Crain. 2014. Juvenile Chinook

salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, use of the Elwha river estuary prior to dam removal.

Environmental Biology of Fishes 97:731-740.

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Quinn, T.P., M.H. Bond, and H.B. Berge. 2015. Use of egg size differences in anadromous (sockeye

salmon) and non-anadromous (kokanee) forms of Onchrhynchus nerka to infer ancestral

origins of a landlocked population. Ecological Restoration 30:547-554.

Reisenbichler. R.R., and S.R. Phelps. 1989. Genetic variation in steelhead trout (Salmo gairdneri) from

the North Coast of Washington State. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

46:66-73.

Rich, S.L., J.A. Shaffer, M.J. Fix, and J.O. Dawson. 2014. Restoration considerations of large woody

debris in the Elwha River nearshore, Olympic Peninsula, Washington. Ecological

Restoration 32:306-313.

Sager-Fradkin, K.A., K.J. Jenkins, P.J. Happe, J.J. Beecham, R.G. Wright, and R.A. Hoffman. 2008.

Space and habitat use by black bears in the Elwha Valley prior to dam removal. Northwest

Science 82(Special Issue):164-178.

Shaffer, J.A., P. Crain, B. Winter, M.L. McHenry, C. Lear, and T.J. Randle. 2008. Nearshore

restoration of the Elwha River through removal of the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams: an

overview. Northwest Science 82(Special Issue):48-58.

Shaffer J.A., M. Beirne, T. Ritchie, R. Paradis, D. Barry, and P. Crain. 2009. Fish habitat use in

response to anthropogenic induced changes of physical processes in the Elwha estuary,

Washington, USA. Hydrobiologia 636:179–190.

Shafroth, P.B., L.G. Perry, C.A. Rose, and J.H. Braatne. 2016. Effects of dams and geomorphic

context on riparian forests of the Elwha River, Washington. Ecosphere 7(12): e01621. DOI:

10.1002/ecs2.1621.

Thorton, E.J., J.J. Duda, and T.P. Quinn. 2016. Influence of species, size, and relative abundance on

the outcomes of competitive interactions between brook trout and juvenile coho salmon.

Ethology, Ecology, and Evolution 29:157-169. DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2015.1125393.

Warrick, J.A., and A.W. Stevens. 2011. A buoyant plume adjacent to a headland - observations of

the Elwha River plume. Continental Shelf Research 31:85-97.

Warrick, J.A., D.A. George, G. Gelfenbaum, G. Kaminsky, and M. Beirne. 2009. Beach morphology

and change along the mixed grain-size delta of the Elwha River, Washington.

Geomorphology 111:136-148.

Warrick J.A., D.M. Rubin, P. Ruggiero, J. Harney, A.E. Draut, and D. Buscombe. 2009. Cobble

Cam: Grain-size measurements of sand to boulder from digital photographs and

autocorrelation analyses. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 34:1811-1821.

Warrick, J.A., G.R. Cochrane, Y. Sagy, and G. Gelfenbaum. 2008. Nearshore substrate and

morphology offshore of the Elwha River, Washington. Northwest Science 82 (Special

Issue):153-163.

Winans, G.A., M.L. McHenry, J. Baker, A. Elz, A. Goodbla, E. Iwamoto, D. Kuligowski, K.M.

Miller, M.P. Small, P. Spruell, and D. Van Doornik. 2008. Genetic inventory of anadromous

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Pacific salmonids of the Elwha River prior to dam removal. Northwest Science 82(Special

Issue):128-141.

Winans, G.A., J. Baker, M. McHenry, L. Ward, and J. Myers. 2017. Genetic characterization of

Oncorhynchus mykiss prior to dam removal with implications for recolonization of the Elwha

River watershed, Washington. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 146:160-172.

Winter, B.D. and Crain, P., 2008. Making the case for ecosystem restoration by dam removal in the

Elwha River, Washington. Northwest Science 82(Special Issue):13-28.

Woodward, A., E.G. Schreiner, P. Crain, S.J. Brenkman, P.J. Happe, S.A. Acker, and C. Hawkins-

Hoffman., 2008. Conceptual models for research and monitoring of Elwha dam removal-

management perspective. Northwest Science 82(Special Issue):59-71.

Wunderlich, R.C., B.D. Winter, and J.H. Meyer. 1994. Restoration of the Elwha River ecosystem.

Fisheries 19(8):11-19.

Peer-reviewed publications documenting ecosystem response to dam

removal Cubley, E.S. and R.L. Brown. 2016. Restoration of hydrochory following dam removal on the Elwha

River, Washington. River Research and Applications. DOI: 10.1002/rra.2999

Cortese, A.M. and R.A. Bunn. 2017. Availability and function of arbuscular mycorrhizal and

ectomycorrhizal fungi during revegetation of dewatered reservoirs left after dam removal.

Restoration Ecology 25:63-71.

Draut, A.E. and A.C. Ritchie. 2015. Sedimentology of new fluvial deposits on the Elwha River,

Washington, USA, formed during large‐scale dam removal. River Research and Applications 31:42-61.

East, A.E., G.R. Pess, J.A. Bountry, C.S. Magirl, A.C. Ritchie, J.B. Logan, T.J. Randle, M.C. Mastin,

J.T. Minear, J.J. Duda, M.C. Liermann, M.L. McHenry, T.J. Beechie, and P.B. Shafroth.

2015. Large-scale dam removal on the Elwha River, Washington, USA: River channel and

floodplain geomorphic change. Geomorphology 228:765-786.

doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.08.028.

East, A.E., J.B. Logan, M.C. Mastin, A.C. Ritchie, J.A. Bountry, C.S. Magirl, and J.B. Sankey. 2018.

Geomorphic evolution of a gravel-bed river under sediment-starved versus sediment-rich

conditions: river response to the world’s largest dam removal. Journal of Geophysical

Research: Earth Surface 123:3338-3369.

Eidam, E.F., A.S. Ogston, C.A. Nittrouer, and J.A. Warrick. 2016. Tidally dominated sediment

dispersal offshore of a small mountainous river: Elwha River, Washington State. Continental

Shelf Research. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2016.01.009

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Foley, M.M., J.J. Duda, M. Beirne, R. Paradis, and J.A. Warrick. 2015. Rapid physical change in the

Elwha River estuary complex during dam decommissioning. Limnology and Oceanography.

60:1719-1732. DOI: 10.1002/lno.10129.

Foley, M.M., J. A. Warrick, A. Ritchie, A.W. Stevens, P.B. Shafroth, M.M. Beirne, R. Paradis, J.J.

Duda, G. Gelfenbaum, R. McCoy, and E.S. Cubley. 2017. Coastal habitat and biological

community response to dam removal on the Elwha River. Ecological Monographs 87:552-

577. IP-078342. DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1268.

Foley, M.M., and J.A. Warrick. 2017. Ephemeral seafloor sedimentation during dam removal: Elwha

River, Washington. Continental Shelf Research 150:36-47. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2017.09.005.

Gelfenbaum, G., A.W. Stevens, I.M. Miller, J.A. Warrick, A.S. Ogston, and E. Eidam. 2015. Large-

scale dam removal on the Elwha River, Washington, USA: Coastal geomorphic change.

Geomorphology 228:649-688.

Hilldale, R.C., W.O. Carpenter, B. Goodwiller, J.P. Chambers and T.J. Randle. 2014. Installation of

impact plates to continuously measure bed load: Elwha River, Washington, USA. Journal of

Hydraulic Engineering 141(3), p.06014023.

Liermann, M., G. Pess, M. McHenry, J. McMillan, M. Elofson, T. Bennett, and R. Moses. 2017.

Relocation and recolonization of coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch in two tributaries to the

Elwha River: implications for management and Monitoring. Transactions of the American

Fisheries Society 146:955-966. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2017.1317664

Magirl, C.S., R.C. Hilldale, C.A. Curran, J.J. Duda, T.D. Straub, M. Domanski, and J.R. Foreman.

2015. Large-scale dam removal on the Elwha River, Washington, USA: Fluvial sediment

load. Geomorphology 246:669-686. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.12.032.

McCaffery, R., J. McLaughlin, K. Sager-Fradkin, and K.J. Jenkins. 2018. Terrestrial fauna are agents

and endpoints in ecosystem restoration following dam removal. Ecological Restoration

36:97-107.

McMillan, J.R., G.R. Pess, M. Liermann, S.A. Morley, M.L. McHenry, L.A. Campbell, and T.P.

Quinn. 2015. Using Redd Attributes, Fry Density, and Otolith Microchemistry to

Distinguish the Presence of Steelhead and Rainbow Trout in the Elwha River Dam Removal

Project. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 35(5), pp.1019-1033.

McMillan, J.R., R. Pess, G., McHenry, M.L., Moses, R. and Quinn, T.P., 2014. Documentation of

unusual, fall spawning by coastal cutthroat trout in the Elwha River system,

Washington. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 143(6), pp.1605-1611.

Peters, R.J., M. Liermann, M.L. McHenry, P. Bakke, and G.R. Pess. 2017. Changes in streambed

composition in salmonid spawning habitat of the Elwha River during dam removal. Journal

of the American Water Resources Association 53:871-885.

Prach, K., J. Chenoweth, and R. del Moral. 2018. Spontaneous and assisted restoration of vegetation

on the bottom of a former water reservoir, the Elwha River, Olympic National Park, WA,

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Quinn, T.P., M.H. Bond, S.J. Brenkman, R. Paradis, and R.J. Peters. 2017. Re-awakening dormant

life history variation: stable isotopes indicate anadromy in bull trout following dam removal

on the Elwha River, Washington. Environmental Biology of Fishes doi:10.1007/s10641-017-

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Randle, T.J., J.A. Bountry, A. Ritchie and K. Wille. 2015. Large-scale dam removal on the Elwha

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Selected media coverage

Seattle Times — Elwha: Roaring back to life; At Elwha River, forests, fish and flowers where there were

dams and lakes.

National Geographic — World’s largest dam removal unleashes U.S. River after century of electric

production

Science News — Dam demolition lets the Elwha River run free

Nature — Dam removals: rivers on the run

Peninsula Daily News —VIDEO: Scientists optimistic about return of Chinook to Elwha River; Leader of

revegetation effort revels in growth on the Elwha River; Fish recolonizing areas upriver of former

dam sites on Elwha River.

UW— News How the Elwha dam removals changed the river’s mouth.

The Revelator— The Elwha’s living laboratory: lessons from the world’s largest dam-removal project.

Selected information websites

National Park Service — Elwha River Restoration

Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe — Elwha River Restoration

U.S. Geological Survey — Science to support the Elwha River restoration project; USGS 12045500

Elwha River at McDonald Br gage; USGS 12046260 Elwha River at Diversion gage

Selected documentary and media videos

National Park Service — Elwha River Restoration; Restoration of the Elwha Begins; The River Emerges;

Undammed; Wonders unveiled

Science News — A river unleashed

Quest — A river returns

USGS — Deconstructing dams: a sediment story

EarthFix — Undamming the Elwha, the documentary

John Gussman and Jessica Plumb — Return of the River

Smithsonian.com — The restoration of the Elwha River

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Nautilus — How the Elwha River was saved
http://tlas.nautil.us/video/291/how-the-elwha-river-was-saved

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