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FREEING THE ELWHA
The Breaching of a Dam
O The Earthen Dam
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The Earthen Dam is Leaking Water from the
Base
All Dams Leak!
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The Pressure of the Lake is Causing the
Base to Rupture
Heavy Rains Are Causing the Lake to
Top the Dam
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The Lake Has Topped the DamCausing it to Erode
into it and Releasing a Torrent
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The Erosive Channel is So Deep, the Entire
Lake Drains
Devastating Downstream Communities
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The Torrent is Stripping Pieces of the Foundation
Away
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The Dam Structure Remains Mostly Intact
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The Lake Has Drained and the Torrent is Over
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Time to Clean Up From the Flood Waters
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This project was made possible in part by a grant from
Washington’s National Park Fund.