Neat. I'm pretty sure most of the trees at the restoration site are Alder. Alder is in the Berch family and poplar is a type of willow. The dominant deciduous trees on the Elwha (and the Olympic peninsula) are Alder, Black Cotton Wood and Big leaf maple. There are a bunch of willow but they're significantly less dense and alders rapidly overtake them. Fun fact the entire Olympic peninsula was clear cut before it became a park... which is why it's hard to find trees over 200 years old even though most native evergreens can live well over 2,000 years. You can still see some of the giant stumps on the Elwha restoration area because the mud slurry preserved all the stumps that in other places have already decomposed and been forgotten.
Love these videos thank you Dan. As a civil engineer I was fascinated how the dam was removed but even more interested in the recovery of the river long term. There were a few podcasts on it in covid but they have all finished. Don’t know how the natives fish species are now doing have they showed signs of recovering. I do want to visit one day I’m 41 and have made it a life goal to stand on the old dam and look out over that valley such an amazing view
Always fun trip up the Elwha with you, ty Dan
Thanks!
Thank you for the trip👌🇩🇰
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Neat.
I'm pretty sure most of the trees at the restoration site are Alder. Alder is in the Berch family and poplar is a type of willow.
The dominant deciduous trees on the Elwha (and the Olympic peninsula) are Alder, Black Cotton Wood and Big leaf maple. There are a bunch of willow but they're significantly less dense and alders rapidly overtake them.
Fun fact the entire Olympic peninsula was clear cut before it became a park... which is why it's hard to find trees over 200 years old even though most native evergreens can live well over 2,000 years. You can still see some of the giant stumps on the Elwha restoration area because the mud slurry preserved all the stumps that in other places have already decomposed and been forgotten.
Love these videos thank you Dan. As a civil engineer I was fascinated how the dam was removed but even more interested in the recovery of the river long term. There were a few podcasts on it in covid but they have all finished. Don’t know how the natives fish species are now doing have they showed signs of recovering. I do want to visit one day I’m 41 and have made it a life goal to stand on the old dam and look out over that valley such an amazing view
Glad you enjoyed it! Hope you get to visit soon!
That was cool thanks!
Glad you liked it!