After Largest Dam Removal in U.S. History, This River Is Thriving | National Geographic

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8 жыл бұрын

June 2, 2016 - Conservationists can now point to the largest dam removal project in the U.S. as a success story. The ecosystem of Washington's Elwha River has been thriving since the removal of its hydroelectric dam system. Recent surveys show dramatic recovery, especially in the near shore at the river's mouth, where the flow of sediment has created favorable habitat for the salmon population. A new generation of salmon species, some of which are endangered, are now present in the river. Some hope that the restoration of the Elwha River will become a shining example for the removal of dams across the U.S.
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@anandhakrishnas399
@anandhakrishnas399 2 жыл бұрын
In my state a dam which is 125 years old is a threat to 5 million people's life.But the government says that the dam is still strong...lol🤣
@editsbyhs2633
@editsbyhs2633 2 жыл бұрын
Kerala🔥🤣
@junumon547
@junumon547 2 жыл бұрын
Kerala😹🤝
@sarathdas9370
@sarathdas9370 2 жыл бұрын
Mullapperiyar 💥
@jithu3003
@jithu3003 2 жыл бұрын
Enge pathalum malayali
@thekrishnagokul
@thekrishnagokul 2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately we the people itself is a comedy for the government 🥲😐
@DeadDanDan
@DeadDanDan 6 жыл бұрын
It's like no one reads around here. The fish population before the dams used to hover around 400,000. After the dams went up, that dropped to approximately 3,000. The dams, also, did not supply electricity to Port Angeles, only to the paper mill, despite the fact that both dams combined only accounted for 33% of the mill's electricity needs. The dams were also illegal, not being hooked to bedrock, and lacking fish ladders. The removal of these dams was not just about "some stupid fish," it was about restoring an ecosystem. But apparently that's not as important to some people as the dams themselves.
@Swess2908
@Swess2908 5 жыл бұрын
Dam, some people just dont get it. This was a good choice.
@etiennedegaulle3817
@etiennedegaulle3817 5 жыл бұрын
All that beautiful concrete destroyed. What a shame. I'm sure a bunch of hideous trees will eventually grow there.
@stevedodge7025
@stevedodge7025 5 жыл бұрын
That's because "people" in general are Stupid.
@Yowzoe
@Yowzoe 5 жыл бұрын
Those people are programmed cult members, selfish little people, and/or brain-dead. What I'm saying is that they voted for Trump.
@kjtilka
@kjtilka 5 жыл бұрын
Once the Once the Salmon are gone were next. Mankind has been eating SALMON SINCE THE BEGINING
@user-lf4td9xr4v
@user-lf4td9xr4v 3 жыл бұрын
It's nice to see people to have the courage to say: we did it wrong, now let's correct it. that's called humanity.
@UKLIVENews2017HD4K
@UKLIVENews2017HD4K 3 жыл бұрын
tell that to chyna
@user-lf4td9xr4v
@user-lf4td9xr4v 3 жыл бұрын
@@UKLIVENews2017HD4K You meant China? lol. Oh well, it's not easy for people to do that especially when they are under the regime of a dictator. That's precisely why I said that it's nice to see. Got it?
@user-yw4vn3bu6l
@user-yw4vn3bu6l 3 жыл бұрын
@A 1 Russia and japan laughing
@suhhdewd509
@suhhdewd509 3 жыл бұрын
You’re right. We just need everyone like that
@krusenator123
@krusenator123 3 жыл бұрын
Ya now if the rest of America would do that to throw out trump it would be great
@thekrishnagokul
@thekrishnagokul 2 жыл бұрын
ഇതൊക്കെ കാണുമ്പോഴാണ് ഇവിടെ പലരെയും വല്ലാതെ സ്മരിച്ചു പോകുന്നത് 🥴🤬
@af9280
@af9280 2 жыл бұрын
നമ്മുടെ കപ്പിത്താൻ ഉള്ളപ്പോൾ എന്തിനു ഭയക്കണം കുഞ്ഞേ? 🥴
@briangarrow448
@briangarrow448 8 жыл бұрын
I live on the Olympic Peninsula. In my opinion this is the best fish restoration project ever completed in North America. And no, I am definitely NOT a tree hugger. I spent a good portion of my youth building electrical generation facilities, (coal, biomass, natural gas and nuclear). This river had, at one time, one of the most amazing salmon runs on earth. I hope that the fish runs will be restored.
@Icewall42
@Icewall42 8 жыл бұрын
I agree wholeheartedly (I have relatives in Port Angeles and have seen the site of the Elwha Dam). Salmon are tasty, and I want them to exist for as long as possible--sure, they are ecologically very imporant, but man are they delicious.
@lpanades
@lpanades 8 жыл бұрын
This is the more idiot thing to do. If the do not have another solution to fish procriation than destroying a dam it is the proof that you must not listen what these specialists are saying. Sorry about inform you. They are just gambling you.
@briangarrow448
@briangarrow448 8 жыл бұрын
+Luís Augusto Panadés -I don't think you got all the information needed to make an informed decision. The dams had originally only 2 customers, a couple of paper mills. So no power was being provided to the public. One of those mills has already been demolished because of antiquated equipment and changing markets. So the removal of these dams had no net loss on the amount of power available to the electrical grid. And to top it off, the restoration of the salmon runs, which included some of the largest salmon in the world is a major gain for the people of the Northwest. You are not really trying to understand the nuances of this particular case. And I wouldn't support a poorly thought out dam removal project if it wasn't a winner for the local community. I have lived through the spotted owl debacle, and watched friends and neighbors lose careers, homes and families because of poorly though out government policies. So this isn't my first rodeo, buckwheat!
@lpanades
@lpanades 8 жыл бұрын
I will repeat: if these scientists can't find one way to procriate salmons better than destroying power plants then this is the reason itself to not trust them period. How energy could be used in the region if the dam were used in public profit. Sorry man, the first idea to a coherent man who wannas preserve the nature is kill himself. It is not fine to say that, but it is true. The truth is painfull. Man, you have cases but any sense. Sorry. The case puts you blind. Africa was so preserved and what they got? It is sad the propaganda is turning people in completly idiots with auto-destructive behavior. Man you will lose much more with this kind of mind. Is the socialization that produced all this pain. USA has the great depression of 29, a corrupt bank fraud that fucked USA with some participation of USA government that prolong the crises with their measures. It is so sad a so wonderfull country, like USA or Canada are entering this policies. Try URSS and you will understand how bad the things will be. You are rich and do not know. You are in heaven an complaining. The devil is doing promises and you are believing. Solution: pay a system of fish procriation pumped by dam energy. Much much more efficient and less expensive. But has not a green seal. Because it empower people with resources and communists (the neo-green) just limit people resources and options. Bye bye dam.
@mittfh
@mittfh 8 жыл бұрын
By their very nature, hydroelectric dams tend to be built in narrow valleys without any alternative routes for sediment or fish, as to maintain a continuous flow of water through the turbines you need a significant head of water, therefore a very deep reservoir. I'd imagine only real way to do both is to build a partial weir upstream, then take the water flowing over the weir segment (with very little sediment) and run it through a pipe into an adjacent valley with no significant watercourse and build your dam in that.
@gerardguitarist
@gerardguitarist 7 жыл бұрын
It's almost unbelievable that this got approved. It's so encouraging to see progress being made to restore some of the past damage that's been done to the environment in the Pacific Northwest.
@Slithermotion
@Slithermotion 6 жыл бұрын
Don't worry they build a coal powerplant to make up the power loss...
@Jordan-vf6sn
@Jordan-vf6sn 6 жыл бұрын
Erik M nuclear isn't bad just can be very bad if it goes wrong it causes no damages to the Eco system though no gas etc unless it blows tf up lmfao
@passiveaggressivenegotiato8087
@passiveaggressivenegotiato8087 6 жыл бұрын
erik is programmed by hippie teachers to be totally anti-nuclear (he can't help it - he's brain-washed). I have a little anti-nuclear common sense; when it comes to locating reactors on tectonic plate edges / earth quake zones. It's a fukushima waiting to happen.
@pepecinero1187
@pepecinero1187 6 жыл бұрын
Shroud Rehab actually nuclear power is very bad, we have no way to dispose of the toxic and radioactive waste, that will continue to be radioactive for many decades.
@passiveaggressivenegotiato8087
@passiveaggressivenegotiato8087 6 жыл бұрын
*many centuries or an infinite length of time, but here's the thing. Any unused fuel rods we have, must be stored in special containment areas regardless if they are spent/waste or unused/new. Once you isolate those radioactive isotopes - you better have a special place to store them, and WE DO HAVE. Environmentalist have exaggerated the problem of storing radioactive material.
@fenderOCG
@fenderOCG 7 жыл бұрын
I like that they have left some dam remains, they're always historically interesting and provide a focal point for stories of why they were built and difficulties involved etc.
@GeraldWeinand
@GeraldWeinand 3 жыл бұрын
They provide good lookout points. Would be nice to see a footbridge connect the two sides.
@rahulrnair8540
@rahulrnair8540 2 жыл бұрын
2 Dam decomissioned for fish? Wht the fish!! 😅 Here in Kerala 126 yr dam still standing and gvt saying it's good to go...god save us! 😐
@shahadhashafi3439
@shahadhashafi3439 2 жыл бұрын
Nammude gov. alle ithalla Ithinu aappuravvum kaanikkum😆 Nammal 🌊🌊👥👥👥ozhikii pokkumbol avar jagradha vennam ennu parayyum😒😒😒
@sandzz_18
@sandzz_18 2 жыл бұрын
They removed the dam for fish..... Our government doesn't care about 5 million lives 🙁
@ashlinsunil6285
@ashlinsunil6285 2 жыл бұрын
മലയാളികൾ ഉണ്ടോ😀 ?
@jithu3003
@jithu3003 2 жыл бұрын
Und
@vexorff2059
@vexorff2059 2 жыл бұрын
Und
@abhiramanil4249
@abhiramanil4249 2 жыл бұрын
Und
@stevel7192
@stevel7192 7 жыл бұрын
Removed a Dam for endangered species of salmon. That's pretty damn awesome.
@empty_400
@empty_400 7 жыл бұрын
they remove a dam for endangered fish yet they could have build a fish ladder and the endangered fish are being commercially caught in the ocean which is just as bad as dam being in the way. in idaho 1.5 million salmon swam up these rivers a long time ago but now there is less than 100,000 swimming back to Idaho rivers, and that number is still decreasing every year. :{
@Supadubya
@Supadubya 7 жыл бұрын
Steve l simply killing off a fish species for no reason (the dams' electrical power was not being utilized) is not the same as catching fish for food. Not to mention you can't legally catch or serve an endangered species of fish in the United States...
@brianjordan2192
@brianjordan2192 6 жыл бұрын
Once the fish were no longer able to spawn there the fishery is dead in that river. Fish can't return there to spawn as they were not hatched there in the first place. Removing dams has zero impact on salmon runs unless hatchery fish are used but then it's not natural or endangered fish is it. Removing dams just make tree huggers feel good and electricity more expensive.
@raphaelsmithwick4363
@raphaelsmithwick4363 6 жыл бұрын
Supadubya The same law applys for the rest of the world. Get an education u ignorant american
@mrbrainbob5320
@mrbrainbob5320 6 жыл бұрын
Raphael Smithwick no it doesnt many parts of the world dont enforce those laws
@farzin1517
@farzin1517 2 жыл бұрын
Well youtube is suggesting all dam related vedios to mallus😂
@yadukrishnap3691
@yadukrishnap3691 2 жыл бұрын
Exactly😂
@oliviarachelmathews3274
@oliviarachelmathews3274 2 жыл бұрын
Satyam 🥺🥺😂😂
@terrywbreedlove
@terrywbreedlove 5 жыл бұрын
I live here and the river is looking amazing right now. It won’t be long and it will be a true treasure again.
@wavealip8059
@wavealip8059 5 жыл бұрын
That Time-lapse deconstruction is pretty cool. Good stuff, good to see us humans reserving some of the damage we've done.
@Vinegaroon
@Vinegaroon 6 жыл бұрын
Always so many experts in the comment sections.
@playc.holder6432
@playc.holder6432 5 жыл бұрын
Lewis Moore thanks, me too
@georgiojansen7758
@georgiojansen7758 5 жыл бұрын
expert is not a legitimate profession. everybody can call themselves expert
@obcallum6450
@obcallum6450 5 жыл бұрын
The video has 3.1m views, you would expect a few so called experts in whatever field it was.
@Patron426
@Patron426 5 жыл бұрын
😂
@charliemorris2338
@charliemorris2338 4 жыл бұрын
This nearly brings me to tears,quite inspiring and we need good news today!
@anjanavijayakumar8854
@anjanavijayakumar8854 2 жыл бұрын
Decommissioning dam to restore the salmon species, in my state millions of life are at stake and no initiative is taken against the dam. The dam is 126 years old and deteriorating ☹️ Save Kerala # Decommission Mullaperiyar dam🙏
@vijayalakshmi-br6zm
@vijayalakshmi-br6zm 3 жыл бұрын
The person who executed the mission needs to be awarded. Brilliant idea and courage act God bless all those people involved in the project
@malahammer
@malahammer 7 ай бұрын
lol
@calcrappie8507
@calcrappie8507 5 жыл бұрын
I caught my one and only Dolly Varden trout (good size) on a wet fly in the lake formed behind the dam. That lower lake used to have giant black salamanders swimming around underwater near the shady banks. The lake was beautiful. Getting rid of the dams will be an obvious long term gain though. Elwha used to grow giant Chinook salmon. Hope they return along with big steelhead.
@J.GabrielFraley
@J.GabrielFraley 2 ай бұрын
The Olympic peninsula is so gorgeous. I'm here in Northern California in 2024 observing the removal of multiple dams along the Klamath River (now the largest dam removal ever in U.S. history),, realizing that the valleys that were once reservoirs have the same potential to rebound just like the Elwha! I've spent many a weekend up the Elwah, and I'm so happy to see this kind of recovery!
@andobreslin8735
@andobreslin8735 7 жыл бұрын
Wonderful to see. This needs to happen to dams/resovoirs all over the world.
@atypical_moto
@atypical_moto 7 жыл бұрын
Ando Servis You can do your part by not using power at your house.
@andobreslin8735
@andobreslin8735 7 жыл бұрын
Kenny Rodger Solar panels....
@atypical_moto
@atypical_moto 7 жыл бұрын
Ando Servis I'm assuming that you're trying to communicate to me that your house runs solely on solar panel power. That's a good start.
@paulshearer9140
@paulshearer9140 6 жыл бұрын
Nice to see something given back to the environment.
@tombigford4366
@tombigford4366 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your obvious caring for our mother!
@Icewall42
@Icewall42 8 жыл бұрын
This river hosted some of the largest Chinook salmon record, called the Tyee. Some, I believe, approached 100 pounds. Salmon are a sustainable, renewable, nutritious source of food, and incredibly beneficial to the whole ecosystem. If I had only two choices, food or power generation, I'd take food. It should be noted to the whiners out there that these dams in particular were no longer supplying Port Angeles with power, and they had only one customer--a paper mill that, I believe, only got 15 percent of its power from these dams. Why were they taken down? Well, primarily because they were illegal. They were inside a national park and did not meet certain requirements. Secondly, it was deemed more expensive to bring them up to code than to simply tear them out, since they were obsolete anyway.
@PursuingInfinity
@PursuingInfinity 8 жыл бұрын
Well said. These kids don't know anything
@Xoman08
@Xoman08 8 жыл бұрын
Exactly. They were "obsolete". Modern Dams are built with technology that deals with the sediment transfer downriver and allows for fish and other species to travel upriver. Therefore modern dams are more ecological than old dams. Dams are a sustainable way to obtain cheap energy (with high EROEI of 10 or greater) while oil, gas and nuclear are not sustainable.
@lpanades
@lpanades 8 жыл бұрын
Sorry but with a bit of it's energy a sediment transfer can be easly implemented. Sorry sorry to inform you. You are wrong in your conclusions. And, what the fuck means "sustainable". Man, stop talking boldshit. Something told you that concept and you are repeating. It is a beautifull world but means nothing. Is is just a way to deal with credulity of good people, it is a way to gamble you.
@Icewall42
@Icewall42 8 жыл бұрын
Luís Augusto Panadés You've completely missed the point, both times, and seem to not know any of the history of these two particular dams. The scientists know how fish ladders can be built into old dams. They know how dams can be built with ecological concerns in mind. The problem lies not with them, but with the builders of the dam and the entities funding the building and retrofitting of dams. The owners of these two dams were given a price to bring the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams up to code (which included fish passage). The cost, in order to gain relicensing, was more than the cost of taking the dams down. Because these dams were not being fully utilized, and did not need to be fully utilized since power for PA was being purchased from elsewhere, they were not profitable enough to justify the cost the retrofit. Thus, the owners concluded it was a better decision to remove them, since they could not be relicensed as they were. Dude, I'm not even getting into the Native issues regarding these dams, which flooded their sacred sites and forced relocation. The Natives have been abused physically and politically from that whole mess, for the better part of a century. Do a little research of your own before you call other people stupid, and end up looking stupid yourself. Don't assume that my opinions regarding THESE dams are the same as for ALL dams everywhere. The SAD truth, as you keep trying to point out, is in fact that many of these old dams can't be fixed for any reasonable price to address ecological concerns. Another sad fact is that dam owners are often too cheap to CARE, either about old dams or dams they are pushing to build now. That's greed and ignorance for you. This has nothing to do with the fact that modern dams CAN build in these ecological measures during the planning phase. With many dams, it doesn't have to be an either/or situation. A little planning, and compromise with the scientists who most definitely know their shit, and dams can be built. I'm also getting the impression that you know next to nothing about salmon ecology. What are these "inexpensive" methods of salmon reproduction you keep mentioning? Also, since socialism has nothing to do with this discussion, I'm going to politely decline researching the Soviet Union unless we start talking about salmonids in the Hucho genus.
@MrToradragon
@MrToradragon 7 жыл бұрын
All those ecological concerns are too often abused by groups who just want publicity and money. I have seen development of those fish friendly devices on river that was changed to irrigation channel and bit later utilized for production of electricity. Those so called fish ladders that crippled ability of power plants effectively produce are hardly used by anything that have fins. As well those same groups pushed for creation of reservations that were created illegally, against laws that were in effect by that time, and now require insane things for everything from highway to garden shed. That is grim reality of "ecology" those people too often hate mankind and would do everything just to make themselves feel better by destroying other. I have not seen, save for very few old men, any of them doing or fining way how reduce impacts while level of well being is saved or increased. But I have seen many restrictions in name of ecology that crippled living and freedom of other. None of "eco" groups ever provided working model for renewable energetics neither just for electricity, but they require money for their experiments that when used for conventional NPP would secure all electricity and bit more. That's one thing. Other is if national reservation was founded AFTER construction of those dams, they have to count with that fact and not try to change it. It would be very interesting whether measurable gains, thus things that we can compare and we can compare only revenues saved money will in some "short (20-30years)" period highly surpass eventual revenues that could be done from either paper or exported electricity at any form. (I think with advancing technology of E-gas they could be utilized at full again). If those groups and people who are behind this destruction want do anything that will really help, they would let those dams to their destiny and start solving real problems. Hmm, what about seminaries about drop watering of crops down in California? What about reforestation of dust bowl states? And what about better management of Niagara river? Is doing something about more, much more problematic situations really out of their power or they are just hypocritical?
@RaviPatel0223
@RaviPatel0223 5 жыл бұрын
The last section talking about the sediment and delta is very underrated. A lot of the beaches in florida are eroding away and one cause is the dams in SC/GA/NC that are stopping Appalachian sediment from reaching the ocean and later the beaches.
@liamdarcy122
@liamdarcy122 8 жыл бұрын
these videos are fascinating, and yet so few views
@BumbleBeeBeeRock
@BumbleBeeBeeRock 8 жыл бұрын
agree!!! so much !
@Engineer9736
@Engineer9736 8 жыл бұрын
If you watch a video straight after it has been uploaded.. Then of course it doesn't have much views!
@Flightstar
@Flightstar 7 жыл бұрын
So your saying it should be dumbed down with dubbed in rock cords and suspense music and BS drama with impending disaster at every turn. That's what Discovery channel had to do. They had to trailer park the channel cause we are being burdened in society with children minds with short attention spans and little skills of comprehension.
@allowmi
@allowmi 7 жыл бұрын
Lol. "Trailer Park it". Yes indeed.
@blipco5
@blipco5 7 жыл бұрын
They'd get more views if they put boobs in the thumbnail.
@nationalwashproducts2124
@nationalwashproducts2124 5 жыл бұрын
Very impressed with how much she knows about the local ecosystem there
@robstafford8306
@robstafford8306 Ай бұрын
From England and have followed this for a number of years. The amount of science, community involvement and engineering technology was spectacular. Have read many comments and narratives about what the river and region was before and after the dams were there and gone….while I don’t have a dog in the fight…..that looks like a beautiful river, that you guys and girls should be proud of! The new narrative is ‘I was there when the dams were removed’
@olyokie
@olyokie 5 жыл бұрын
The Elwa is running wild again, she's already reclaimed campgrounds and blown out the road in a couple of places.....absolutely beautiful walk from the gate to the dam overlooks.....
@dr.nirmalraj3839
@dr.nirmalraj3839 6 жыл бұрын
Heartening to see the govt heeding environmental concerns. Way to go USA
@harrishromero6447
@harrishromero6447 2 жыл бұрын
Always has been since 1900s
@biggdogg35810
@biggdogg35810 7 жыл бұрын
I love these types of videos. Very peaceful and arms you with knowledge.
@shadabfariduddin6784
@shadabfariduddin6784 6 жыл бұрын
Excellent decision worth emulating
@billiamc1969
@billiamc1969 8 жыл бұрын
A really positive step toward restoring our ecosystem...lets hope it's not too late for honeybees!!!!
@lpanades
@lpanades 8 жыл бұрын
Man, stop talking boldshit. Thinking in restoring ecosystem and you will conclude you are not part of it. So, explaining: it conducts to your elimination the same way like they destroy that dam. So restoring the ecosystem comprehends taking you out, completly, of the system. Oh oh. You just don't thought enough to conclude how it is obvious. This things are dumbing people that repeat the greatests sillies things like was real thruths.
@billiamc1969
@billiamc1969 8 жыл бұрын
Luís Augusto Panadés What are you talking about?
@NebraskaWriter
@NebraskaWriter 8 жыл бұрын
You are an idiot.
@mrme4362
@mrme4362 7 жыл бұрын
+ganymedeIV4 lol. I think so too
@Africanfrogs
@Africanfrogs 7 жыл бұрын
Well they on the endangered list now
@JohnWilson-cs7iq
@JohnWilson-cs7iq 6 жыл бұрын
WOW...what a fantasic result. Nature put back to how it should be. Excellent.
@kristineconstante9060
@kristineconstante9060 5 жыл бұрын
Amazing. Just for the salmon! 👏 My respect
@draganostojic6297
@draganostojic6297 6 жыл бұрын
Sure, who needs electricity anyways?
@imafarright826
@imafarright826 5 жыл бұрын
it is so great l feel proud of America this is what make America great congrats America
@dannmarceau9743
@dannmarceau9743 6 жыл бұрын
I live twenty minutes away, it's been a pretty cool undertaking.
@maceatnight
@maceatnight 7 жыл бұрын
follow up video?? What's it like now??
@aisforamerica2185
@aisforamerica2185 6 жыл бұрын
That time lapse was beyond cool
@PranavanandaChintalapudi
@PranavanandaChintalapudi 7 жыл бұрын
Really a milestone in human endeavors for species conservation...
@kyle7412
@kyle7412 8 жыл бұрын
dam it!
@aegystierone8505
@aegystierone8505 8 жыл бұрын
Water have we here....
@ajoliver74
@ajoliver74 5 жыл бұрын
@kyle7412 I like what you did there.
@drsta804
@drsta804 7 жыл бұрын
Gee, blocking a river is bad for everything down stream? who woulda thunk it!
@milogumball5755
@milogumball5755 5 жыл бұрын
Kind of works in Brisbane blocking the Brisbane river. That way floods can be handled better are don't become so dire, also it gives us drinking water. But I guess who needs town water when they can buy Mt Franklin in plastic bottles from Coca Cola?
@jefferyschirm4103
@jefferyschirm4103 5 жыл бұрын
To subdue nature is mans crowning achievement. The poor little beavers do their best on the job but what do they know right.
@prayforukraineplease7605
@prayforukraineplease7605 4 жыл бұрын
Who's Gee? P
@voidofspaceandtime4684
@voidofspaceandtime4684 3 жыл бұрын
@@milogumball5755 "flood handling" look at what is happening in china. simply not true.
@samsmom1491
@samsmom1491 3 жыл бұрын
.. and upstream, too. I'd love to see more dams come down, especially in Oregon.
@jamesh5111
@jamesh5111 6 жыл бұрын
I used to live by that dam! I even heard the explosions go off when they were blowing it up!
@imoldgreg5972
@imoldgreg5972 7 жыл бұрын
I used to stand on that dam when I lived out in Washington. I miss the mountains.
@LarsSveen
@LarsSveen 6 жыл бұрын
This is wonderful to see. I think of dams as a stopgap measure to address freshwater needs. It would be great if we can someday advance to the level where we don't need dams at all anymore.
@randyrawlins1479
@randyrawlins1479 6 ай бұрын
Yeah we don't need water ran into are homes neither we can haul all the water to wash are clothes take showers and do are dishes as long as them nooked can swim all off this for a fish
@DianaDeLuna
@DianaDeLuna 6 жыл бұрын
I hope at least a few projects like this are being undertaken in the Mississippi delta to help the river flow a little better again. Imagine seeing bits of Louisiana coastline reappearing out of the deep, like the mouth of the Elwha here.
@Killaskrilla1400
@Killaskrilla1400 10 ай бұрын
Look at those little workers🧌🐜
@purejoy6538
@purejoy6538 7 жыл бұрын
Really beautiful and wonderful action.
@demaatschappij1127
@demaatschappij1127 6 жыл бұрын
i'myourfather I'm pretty sure they used tax dollars, and that's no problem
@SkyForceOne2
@SkyForceOne2 6 жыл бұрын
+i'myourfather mismanagement of tax usage does not justify its impacts for the sake of saving money.
@vivigesso3756
@vivigesso3756 6 жыл бұрын
Can't Liberals leave anything alone??
@UncleKennysPlace
@UncleKennysPlace 6 жыл бұрын
Define "liberal".
@dastanharris
@dastanharris 6 жыл бұрын
0:32 The fish voiceover is amazing
@dhruvbhatt3764
@dhruvbhatt3764 3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@WellnessHero
@WellnessHero 7 жыл бұрын
Gratitude of OMNI LOVE for bring this to NOW!
@evanseventy7593
@evanseventy7593 3 жыл бұрын
Gosh darn that tear down time laps what's far too quick! Can we have the hour version plz 😃
@prabhuslegalhub
@prabhuslegalhub 6 жыл бұрын
Amazing time lapse
@chaisowunn6038
@chaisowunn6038 6 жыл бұрын
"Release the river!!!"
@imoldgreg5972
@imoldgreg5972 6 жыл бұрын
I used to pass that dam all of the time to go to the hot springs in the mountains. I miss that place
@doubleasadventuresfishing1921
@doubleasadventuresfishing1921 3 жыл бұрын
This needs to happen across the U.S. and Canada! I fully support the removal of dams!!!
@BourbonForageFishing
@BourbonForageFishing Жыл бұрын
It doesn't do much of anything for dwindling salmon runs unfortunately
@anandmadame9909
@anandmadame9909 2 жыл бұрын
God bless America 👍👍👍 love from India
@athirataullah7106
@athirataullah7106 7 жыл бұрын
I give you guys 4 THUMBS UP! for the people who's been working on this project...Love from Malaysia...I would have a request that NatGeo team would come down to Malaysia and seek the worst part of our country and try to investigate the source and help us restore ecosystem that we ruined for many years...teach the locals what is good and what is not...i hope you guys would see this tiny comment... :)))
@unfabulouslyfabulous
@unfabulouslyfabulous 5 жыл бұрын
I’m curious about what came about the ecosystem upstream
@MrDougster37
@MrDougster37 5 жыл бұрын
0:32 - I thought the producers of this video were doing some Monty Python stuff with the fish talking. Too funny.
@jimishmong
@jimishmong 6 жыл бұрын
Awesome, i saw a video of the dams destroyed when i was in middle school. Fast forward to college and glad to see it may be going good!
@Franksbettas
@Franksbettas 5 жыл бұрын
really need this for the mekong too
@1COMIXMAN
@1COMIXMAN 7 жыл бұрын
To be honest they need to deal with the radiation coming from Japan still before worrying about a dam.the radiation will end species not just endanger them.
@Shankabottomus
@Shankabottomus 6 жыл бұрын
This is why humans are awesome. We have the capacity to do good just as much as we have to do evil.
@andreinastase1235
@andreinastase1235 6 жыл бұрын
Destruction is Evil
@johnwadsworth7086
@johnwadsworth7086 7 жыл бұрын
Thank God for people restore
@SajidKhan-mr3bm
@SajidKhan-mr3bm 7 жыл бұрын
No words for them did an epic work
@epsospremium6088
@epsospremium6088 5 жыл бұрын
Good to see that the nature has won back it's original health. We will all benefit from that ! Also, the modern small scale water vortex turbines do not require a dam. We now know how to generate hydro power without making dams, if we use running water instead of blocking all the river.
@alee9188
@alee9188 4 жыл бұрын
The trick now is to get them to generate enough power for large cities like Seattle and Portland. Our dams along the Columbia aren't going to be removed anytime soon since we ship some of the electricity to Northern California. We produce too much hydroelectricity in this region.
@bardofasher3576
@bardofasher3576 4 жыл бұрын
Right on! And for hectacre of water, they are vastly more effecient
@markrobinowitz8473
@markrobinowitz8473 2 жыл бұрын
In stream hydro is going to be a lot less electricity. I'm for removing dams but there's a consequence. Use less power.
@geraldivincent
@geraldivincent 7 жыл бұрын
Beautiful landscape 😍
@CJLinOHIO
@CJLinOHIO 3 жыл бұрын
Always a delight to see people that care about our planet. Hoping that we can get a grip on global warming as easily and get it turned around. Clean air for humans and animals. Most people don't realize contaminants in the air ultimately end up in the ground and the water system. So we must clean the air.
@Tom-xy9gb
@Tom-xy9gb 5 жыл бұрын
Beautiful nature ❤️
@williameason1194
@williameason1194 6 жыл бұрын
It's easy to be the biggest when it's the only one. Actually It was quite a small dam and it would not surprise me if it had outlived its useful life. When these small dams silt up they lose their ability to produce power reliably and their ability to reduce flooding. Now with proper fish ladders and a way to "mine" the accumulated soil we might be able to enjoy all these benefits and recreation.
@bobbucks
@bobbucks 3 жыл бұрын
Unbelievable people were willing to spend the money to get this done. Big project. Good to see.
@debrapaulino918
@debrapaulino918 10 ай бұрын
And it looks CLEAN
@leveljoe
@leveljoe 7 жыл бұрын
Now that the dam is removed, what form of power generation was it replaced with?
@Ahhtheserenity
@Ahhtheserenity 5 жыл бұрын
Your an idiot, all that plant was providing power for was a lumber mill
@darrenkastl8160
@darrenkastl8160 5 жыл бұрын
Level Joe a pedel bike from 1856 and a alternator from a 2018 Chevy Tahoe and you waking up and pedelling 5 k every day.
@GH-oi2jf
@GH-oi2jf 4 жыл бұрын
Removal of four dams on the Klamath may start in 2022. One is in Oregon, the rest in California.
@SheldonGoff
@SheldonGoff 3 жыл бұрын
I really hope that goes through.
@matthewhuang9588
@matthewhuang9588 3 жыл бұрын
Letting rivers flow is essential
@anthonya532
@anthonya532 6 жыл бұрын
LOVE THE TEAR DOWN VIDEO!!!
@humphrey-7094
@humphrey-7094 5 жыл бұрын
Even if there are fish ladders, the dam itself blocks sediment needed to fertilize plant life that animals rely on downstream. The ecosystem developed around a certain amount of sediment at a certain pace, which is why it's so sensitive. Too much fertilizer or the introduction of unnatural sources of fertilizers, and there could be algal blooms that deprive plants and animals of sunlight and oxygen.
@xex321654
@xex321654 6 жыл бұрын
RELEASE THE RIVER ! - Treabeard, 1445 3th age.
@Landolini
@Landolini 8 жыл бұрын
blowing it up would have given more interesting footage
@PORTIRMr
@PORTIRMr 8 жыл бұрын
yeah, but blowing up shit it's to right wing for those people I'm afraid
@Dairko
@Dairko 8 жыл бұрын
Also destroying homes and habitats with a massive flash flood is probably a bad idea.
@GastonBoucher
@GastonBoucher 7 жыл бұрын
Blowing it up would have created a flashflood downriver.
@CreeperUniverseTV
@CreeperUniverseTV 7 жыл бұрын
And killed so many animals and people. You fucktard.
@packbadge
@packbadge 7 жыл бұрын
they do utilize explosives for similar dam removals. It depends on the individual dam. A case by case situation. The one they used it on was spectacular and they had a reason to do so. This dam they needed a larger disturbance to break free the muck and silt caked up on the dam face.
@MrBerett315
@MrBerett315 6 жыл бұрын
I'm blown away at the scenery at 3:00... Must make a trip to Washington
@Hazzardhauter
@Hazzardhauter 5 жыл бұрын
Conflict, resolution and constant Improvement can never be stopped.
@Priya-ow8jw
@Priya-ow8jw 5 жыл бұрын
Nothing is more important than nature
@rivco5008
@rivco5008 8 жыл бұрын
Good use of heavy equipment.
@inharmonywithearth9982
@inharmonywithearth9982 Жыл бұрын
Largest dam removal ever? That is the smallest dam I have ever seen in my life.
@rahenkamp1
@rahenkamp1 6 жыл бұрын
Mean while the price of electricity has doubled. There is more than one way to skin a cat.
@bardofasher3576
@bardofasher3576 4 жыл бұрын
The folks I know who live there say there is no difference, but maybe they just didn't notice.
@sophiejones7727
@sophiejones7727 6 жыл бұрын
How was the loss of the hydroelectric power offset?
@liamflynn1120
@liamflynn1120 5 жыл бұрын
There was no need to. The dams didn't supply electricity to anything anymore after the paper mill they were supplying shut down.
@raymondbryson8262
@raymondbryson8262 5 жыл бұрын
@@liamflynn1120 had it been up graded it could have produced a lot of clean energy and a solution for the fish installed
@eric3434
@eric3434 4 жыл бұрын
They all tore down there homes and moved into tents. Since there were no working outlets anymore, they had to give up their iphones too which is why we don't hear from them. Salmon +1 Washington -2 Everyone outside of Washington +1
@jeffreywalton5208
@jeffreywalton5208 5 жыл бұрын
As a progressive and life-long Washington resident, I’m rather pleased to interject that Slade Gordon was the Republican politician that made made this project possible. Yes, it’s a green issue, but couldn’t we.put a big pause here on the partisanship issue? Thank you.
@JackF99
@JackF99 2 жыл бұрын
Good comment but of course an extreme anomaly. To those people, Capitalism is almost always too sacred to compromise for anything, even the Earth's ability to support life.
@charlestemm4870
@charlestemm4870 6 жыл бұрын
love time elapse photography, you see so many more details
@Swess2908
@Swess2908 5 жыл бұрын
The beach looks like a paradise noe.
@olegborishkevich7496
@olegborishkevich7496 5 жыл бұрын
I been there before it was taken down and also after it’s crazy too see how much water is gone
@harlempixie338
@harlempixie338 7 жыл бұрын
i just saw Dam Nation. I really had no idea.
@southwestxnorthwest
@southwestxnorthwest 7 жыл бұрын
me too, good documentary
@doggonedean5314
@doggonedean5314 6 жыл бұрын
The dams were still producing power, but was near their "end of their life". The cost to replace them was far too much for what they would get out of them. There are other power sources in the area. Just a note; I think there are some 75k dams in the U.S. and most of them are nearing their "end of life", meaning they're deteriorating to the point of failing as a dam. I posted this for those that made some recent, really stupid comments.
@thedukeofcalifornia129
@thedukeofcalifornia129 7 жыл бұрын
especially like the 'Time Lapse' sequence at the end
@zyntholFN
@zyntholFN 5 жыл бұрын
I live 5 minutes away from right there lol.
@yasminevalene1621
@yasminevalene1621 4 жыл бұрын
this reminds me of Frozen 2, anybody from 2019 that has watched the movie?
@jasontillett
@jasontillett 6 жыл бұрын
Yay! So amazing to see.
@mitchelltimpf6162
@mitchelltimpf6162 5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely stoked to see something positive being done.
@aameiyabeauzieux4166
@aameiyabeauzieux4166 7 жыл бұрын
Did anyone else see people rafting down a waterfall on the thumbnail
@timmcauliffe2247
@timmcauliffe2247 5 жыл бұрын
All. They had to do was put fish ladders in wht a waste. If they take these dams out in k falls it will be bevastating
@connorsexton1117
@connorsexton1117 8 жыл бұрын
peeps, top this is really awhsome issue =]
@australiawilliam3326
@australiawilliam3326 7 жыл бұрын
Hi,I loved this dam removal,well done,
@antoinettewashington2581
@antoinettewashington2581 4 жыл бұрын
Love the timpelaspe
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