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Environment
4:47 pm
Wed May 15, 2013

Dam Removal Ushers In New Life In Washington State

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Originally published on Thu May 16, 2013 6:59 am

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Two dams that block the migration of salmon are coming down in the largest dam removal in U.S. history. The dam sits on the Elwha River in the northwest corner of Washington state. They were built in the early 1900s to power nearby timber mills, but their power is no longer needed. From member station KUOW in Seattle, Ashley Ahearn reports that the removal is releasing a lot of debris but also creating new life.

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Animals
4:07 pm
Mon January 21, 2013

To Catch A Marten: Seeking Clues In Olympic National Forest

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A group of volunteers is helping biologists see whether there are any martens left in the Olympic National Forest in Washington state.
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Volunteers with Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation set up motion-activated cameras in remote parts of Olympic National Forest in search of the American Marten.
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Originally published on Tue January 22, 2013 9:01 am

It's about 25 degrees on a clear Saturday morning when Gregg Treinish — executive director of Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation, a nonprofit that puts volunteers to work gathering data for scientists around the world — gathers a small group of outdoor adventurers around him near the Duckabush River in the Olympic National Forest in Washington state.

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