Album of Lower Elwha Dam Field Trip

On the first advance scouting trip (15-16 January 2008) for the forthcoming Elwha River Biological Survey, three of us (Ted Pietsch, Trevor Anderson and me) tracked down and documented 8 accessible study sites along the river. At the last site visited, on the shore of Lake Aldwell just above the soon-to-be-removed dam, I took some photos and a leaf litter sample as a small head start on spider survey work here. We were fortunate to have fairly decent weather. Photos by Rod Crawford.
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1994 aerial photo of Lower Elwha Dam, Clallam County, Washington downstream supports of Lower Elwha Dam, Clallam County, Washington
Dam and lower end of reservoir (USGS, 1994) Below the dam, stairs fit for Paul Bunyan    © Rod Crawford
spillway, Lower Elwha Dam, Clallam County, Washington spillway, Lower Elwha Dam, Clallam County, Washington
Leafless alder beside spillway  © Rod Crawford Just water over the dam          © Rod Crawford
gorge below Lower Elwha Dam, Clallam County, Washington gorge below Lower Elwha Dam, Clallam County, Washington
Gorge below the dam    © Rod Crawford Impressive canyon a bit difficult of access     © Rod Crawford
pitfall trap in salal on Lake Aldwell near Lower Elwha Dam, Clallam County, Washington forest understory near Lower Elwha Dam, Clallam County, Washington
First pitfall trap, in salal by water   © Rod Crawford Last pitfall trap is "somewhere back there"      © Rod Crawford
marsh on Lake Aldwell near Lower Elwha Dam, Clallam County, Washington bigleaf maple leaf litter near Lower Elwha Dam, Clallam County, Washington
A wee bit of lakeside marsh     © Rod Crawford Maple leaf litter yielded first spiders of the project    © Rod Crawford
wood on log boom, Lake Aldwell near Lower Elwha Dam, Clallam County, Washington Lake Aldwell near Lower Elwha Dam, Clallam County, Washington
Plenty of wet wood on log boom     © Rod Crawford Looking up the lake          © Rod Crawford
Cryphoeca exlineae from Lynndale Park, Snohomish County, Washington sunset from Kingston Ferry en route to Edmonds, Washington, 16 January 2008
Cryphoeca exlineae    © Rod Crawford Sunset highlights the ferry's wake         © Rod Crawford

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