Publications

Technical Series Reports

DeSisto, C., D. Barry, T. Nabors, and E. Drake. 2009. Wildfire Hazard Assessment and the Wildland Urban Interface of the North Olympic Peninsula, Washington. Technical Series Report 09-02. Center of Excellence, Peninsula College. (See the WUI website for maps and more details.)

Ward, J., C. Rome, D. Barry, M. Wigmosta, D. Woodruff, A. Coleman, P. Morris, and M. Doherty. 2009. Use of NASA Tools and Technology to Provide Decision-Support for Watershed Management: Elwha River Watershed Feasibility Study. North Olympic Peninsula Solutions Network Report 09-02. Center of Excellence, Peninsula College. (3.8mb)

McNulty, C., and D. Barry. 2009. Tropical rainforest stand dynamics, species composition, growth, and mortality at Laguna del Lagarto, Costa Rica. Technical Series Report 09-01. Center of Excellence, Peninsula College. (10mb)

Woodruff, D., E. Chadd, R. Knapp, J. Ward and D. Barry. 2009. Linking Watershed Impacts to Biological Indicators of Stream Health on the North Olympic Peninsula, Washington State. North Olympic Peninsula Solutions Network Report 09-01. Center of Excellence, Peninsula College. (3.9mb)

Ward, J., M. Wigmosta, T. Randall, A. Coleman, D. Barry, and C. Rome 2008. Development of a Decision-Support Tool to Support Restoration Efforts on the Elwha River, Washington State. North Olympic Peninsula Solutions Network Report 08-04. Center of Excellence, Peninsula College. (3.1mb)

Wigmosta, M., A. Coleman, J. Ward, and C. Rome. 2008. Use of ASTER to Improve the Hybrid-Modis DST. North Olympic Peninsula Solutions Network Report 08-03. Center of Excellence, Peninsula College. (3.6mb)

NOPSN. 2008. Summary of Results: National Survey of Resource Conservation and Development Councils. North Olympic Peninsula Solutions Network Report 08-02. Center of Excellence, Peninsula College. (2.4mb)

Selhke, J., K. Judd, R. Hruska, and J. Ward. 2008. How NASA Activities Benefit RC&D Members. North Olympic Peninsula Solutions Network Report 08-01. Center of Excellence, Peninsula College. (450kb)

DeSisto, C., and D. Barry. 2008. Wildfire Hazard on the North Olympic Peninsula. Poster/Map Series. Center of Excellence, Peninsula College. (471kb)

Doherty, M., J. Ward, D. Barry, M. Wigmosta, S. McDonald, C. DeSisto, J. Sehlke, and C. Rome. 2008. The North Olympic Peninsula Solutions Network: Extending NASA tools beyond the research community to resource management user groups. Proceedings of the 76th Annual Western Snow Conference.

Drake, E., C. DeSisto, S. McDonald, S. Evans, D. Barry, and B. Baccus. 2008. Untangling climate and wildfire influences from snow water equivalent measurements on the Deer Park, WA, snow course. Proceedings of the 76th Annual Western Snow Conference.

Ward, J., T. Ingersoll, P. Morris, and M. Doherty. 2007. New Opportunities to use NASA Technology through Interactions with User Groups. North Olympic Peninsula Solutions Network Report 07-01. Center of Excellence, Peninsula College. (10.1mb)

Wigmosta, M., J. Ward, J. Selhke, A. Coleman, K. Gill, R. Hruska, and L. Miller. 2007. Hybrid Model Development in the Dungeness Watershed. North Olympic Peninsula Solutions Network Report 07-02. Center of Excellence, Peninsula College. (2.6mb)

Policy Series Reports

Lawrence, B., and D. Barry, eds. 2006. Port Angeles Harbor Public Input Workshop Results Summary. Policy Series Report 06-01. Center of Excellence, Peninsula College. (2.3mb)

Education Series Reports

Reavey, K. 2008. Mapping Place, Writing Home: Indisciplinary approaches to the Elwha Ecosystem Restoration Project. Poster presented at the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education 2008 annual conference, Raleigh, NC. Center of Excellence, Peninsula College. (1.45mb)

Catuzo, H., et al. 2008. Wildfire on the Peninsula: An Assessment of Hazard, Risk, and Mitigation Opportunities in Eastern Clallam County. Education Series Report 08-01. Center of Excellence, Peninsula College. (4mb) Click here for a printable version (19.2mb)

DeSisto, C., and D. Barry. 2008. Wildfire Hazard on the North Olympic Peninsula. Poster/Map Series. Center of Excellence, Peninsula College. (471kb)

Hevner, K. 2007. Carbon Budget Analysis for the Olympic Peninsula, Washington. Education Series Report 07-01. Center of Excellence, Peninsula College. (712 kb)

Bowechop, R., et al. 2006. Amphibian Research in the Elwha River Basin. Education Series Report 06-03. Center of Excellence, Peninsula College. (276 kb)

Hunter, B. 2006. An overview of GIS and GPS: A quick tutorial on how to look as though you know what you're doing. Education Series Report 06-02. Center of Excellence, Peninsula College. (1.4mb)

Bowechop, R., et al. 2006. New Database Occurrence Record for Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum). Education Series Report 06-01. Center of Excellence, Peninsula College. (684 kb)

Elwha REU Student Podcasts

Elwha Project Publications

Barry, D., and D. Staab, editors. 2009. From the mountains, through the forest, and out to the ocean: Research summaries for the Elwha Ecosystem Restoration Project. Elwha Research Consortium Report 09-01. Port Angeles, WA: Peninsula College. (Click here for a version with Teacher Lesson Plans and Activities.)

Northwest Science Special Issue, 2008, Vol. 82: Dam Removal and Ecosystem Restoration in the Elwha River Watershed, Washington State

Elofson, R. 2008. Foreword. Northwest Science 82 (Special Issue):iii.

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.

Winter, B. D., and P. Crain. 2008. Making the case for ecosystem restoration by dam removal in the Elwha River, Washington. Northwest Science 82 (Special Issue):13-28.

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. Northwest Science 82 (Special Issue):29-47.

Shaffer, J. A., P. Craine, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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. Northwest Science 82 (Special Issue):107-118.

Burke, B. J., K. E. Frick, R. E. Moses, and M. L. McHenry. 2008. Movements by Adult Coho Salmon in the Lower Elwha River, Washington. Northwest Science 82 (Special Issue):119-127.

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 Pacific Salmonids of the Elwha River Prior to Dam Removal. Northwest Science 82 (Special Issue):128-141.

Brenkman, S. J., S. L. Mumford, M. House, and C. Patterson. 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.

Warrick, J. A., G. R. Cochrane, Y. Sagy, and G. Gelfenbaum. 2008. Nearshore substrate and morphology offshore of the Elwha River. Northwest Science 82 (Special Issue):153-163.

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 (Special Issue) 82:164-178.

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.

Brown, R. L., and J. Chenoweth. 2008. The Effect of Glines Canyon Dam on Hydrochorous Seed Dispersal in the Elwha River. Northwest Science 82 (Special Issue):197-209.

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, U.S.A.. Northwest Science 82 (Special Issue):210-223.

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.

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.

General Elwha Project Reports

Shaffer, J. A., and D. Barry. 2009. The Elwha Nearshore: Linking Management, Education, and Research to Achieve Ecosystem Restoration. Priority Recommendations of the Elwha Nearshore Consortium. To be published in the Proceedings of the 2009 Puget Sound Georgia Basin Research Conference.

Shaffer, J. A., T. Ritchie, P. Crain, M. Beirne, and C. Lear. 2008, Nearshore function of the central Strait of Juan de Fuca for juvenile fish, including Puget Sound Chinook salmon. Report for the North Olympic Peninsula Lead Entity under Salmon Recovery Funding Board contract #07-1046.
Executive Summary
Chapter 1: Nearshore fish use of embayment, spit, and bluff…
Chapter 2: Fish use of the Elwha Estuary
Chapter 3: Fish use of Salt Creek nearshore
Chapter 4: Fish use of Twins nearshore
Chapter 5: Fish use and water quality for Pysht nearshore
Chapter 6: Gentic assessment of juvenile Chinook
Chapter 7: Forage fish spawning
Chapter 8: Overstory kelp bed survey
Chapter 9: Nearshore water quality
Appendix A: Species frequency table
Appendix B: WRIA 19 nearshore water quality letter
Appendix C: Shoreline density
Appendix D: Elwha density
Appendix E: Elwha length
Appendix F: Salt Creek density
Appendix G: Salt Creek length
Appendix H: Twins density
Appendix I: Twins length
Appendix J: Pysht density
Appendix K: Pysht length
Appendix L: Forage fish spawning data

Draut, A. E., Logan, J. B., McCoy, R. E., McHenry, M., and Warrick, J. A. 2008, Channel evolution on the lower Elwha River, Washington, 1939-2006. U.S. Geological Survey, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5127. external link.

Ward, L., P. Crain, B. Freymond, M. McHenry, D. Morrill, G. R. Pess, R. Peters, J. A. Shaffer, B. Winter, B. Wunderlich. 2008. Elwha River Fish Restoration Plan, developed pursuant to the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act, Public Law 102-495. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-90. NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA. external link.

Elwha Research Consortium. 2008. Fifth Annual Meeting Schedule and Keynote Address Presentation. March 24-26, 2008. Port Angeles, WA: Peninsula College. (844kb)

Battelle. 2007. Economic Support for the Elwha River Watershed: Final Economic Characterization Report with Monitoring Recommendations. Report for the Coastal Services Center, NOAA. (1.2mb)

Elwha Research Consortium. 2007. 2006-2007 Annual Report and Meeting Summaries. Elwha Research Consortium Report 07-01. Port Angeles, WA: Peninsula College. (5.3mb)

Elwha Research Consortium. 2006. 2005-2006 Annual Report and Third Annual Research Meeting Summary. Elwha Research Consortium Report 06-01. Port Angeles, WA: Peninsula College. (2.2mb)

Elwha Research Consortium, 2006. Appendix: Selected PowerPoint Presentations from the Third Elwha Research Meeting. Elwha Research Consortium Report 06-01a. Port Angeles, WA: Peninsula College. (3.3mb)

Shaffer, J. A., L. Ward, P. Crain, B. Winter, K. Fresh, and C. Lear. 2005. Elwha and Glines Canyon dam removals: nearshore restoration and salmon recovery of the central Strait of Juan de Fuca. Originally printed in the Proceedings of the 2005 Puget Sound Georgia Basin Research Conference. (440kb)

Stolnack, S. A., R. J. Naiman, and S. A. Harrington. 2005. Elwha Research Planning Workshop Summary Report, February 14-15, 2005. University of Washington Earth Initiative. (504kb)

Stolnack, S. A., and R. J. Naiman. 2005. Summary of Research and Education Activities in the Elwha River Watershed and Adjacent Coastal Zone. University of Washington Earth Initiative. (361kb)

Allaway, J. 2004. Understanding the Elwha: A Strategy for Research and Education Programs on the Elwha River. Report for the National Park Service. (128kb)

Triangle Associates. 2004. Technical Workshop on Nearshore Restoration in the Central Strait of Juan de Fuca. Report for Clallam County under Grant No. G0300123.

The Elwha Report: Restoration of the Elwha River Ecosystem and Native Anadromous Fisheries. A Report Submitted Pursuant to Public Law 102-495, January 1994. (20.9Mb)

UPSTREAM and Nearshore Update Archive

Note: UPSTREAM has been discontinued; news on the Elwha project is now archived at http://www.elwhainfo.org/news

Upstream 2(4): Elwha Research Consortium Newsletter, Sept. 2008

Upstream 2(3): Elwha Research Consortium Newsletter, June 2008

Upstream 2(2): Elwha Research Consortium Newsletter, Mar. 2008

Upstream 2(1): Elwha Research Consortium Newsletter, Feb. 2008

Upstream 1(12): Elwha Research Consortium Newsletter, Dec. 2007

Upstream 1(11): Elwha Research Consortium Newsletter, Nov. 2007

Upstream 1(10): Elwha Research Consortium Newsletter, Jul. 2007

Upstream 1(9): Elwha Research Consortium Newsletter, May 2007

Upstream 1(8sp): Elwha Research Consortium Newsletter, Apr. 2007

Upstream 1(7): Elwha Research Consortium Newsletter, Mar. 2007

Upstream 1(6): Elwha Research Consortium Newsletter, Feb. 2007

Upstream 1(5): Elwha Research Consortium Newsletter, Jan. 2007

Upstream 1(4): Elwha Research Consortium Newsletter, Dec. 2006.

Upstream 1(3): Elwha Research Consortium Newsletter, Nov. 2006.

Upstream 1(2): Elwha Research Consortium Newsletter, Oct. 2006.

Upstream 1(1): Elwha Research Consortium Newsletter, Sept. 2006.

Elwha Nearshore Update, Fall 2009. (Courtesy of Anne Shaffer, WDFW, and Clallam County MRC)

Elwha Nearshore Update, Fall 2008. (Courtesy of Anne Shaffer, WDFW, and Clallam County MRC)

Elwha Nearshore Update, Fall 2007. (Courtesy of Anne Shaffer, WDFW, and Clallam County MRC)

Elwha Nearshore Update, Fall 2005. (Courtesy of Anne Shaffer, WDFW, and Clallam County MRC)

Elwha Nearshore Update, Spring 2005. (Courtesy of Anne Shaffer, WDFW, and Clallam County MRC)

Elwha Nearshore Update, Fall 2004. (Courtesy of Anne Shaffer, WDFW, and Clallam County MRC)