Hemlock Dam Removal

Ten years of Task Force coalition advocacy led to the removal of Hemlock Dam. Amazingly, steelhead returned to the creek the day after water was returned to the stream channel - the webcam site linked below also hosts the video taken of the returning steelhead. Restoration will continue at the site over the next few seasons.

Click on the titles below to read two recent editorials about the dam removal:

Restoring a Northwest Jewel

One less dam, one more boon to fish

The Forest Service has created a website to document the Hemlock Dam removal and Trout Creek restoration project.  Click here to see the site. 

Click play below to view a video of the restored creek.

These photos show the Hemlock Dam removal process from early construction work to fish collection, sediment removal, and photos of the restored creek. Keep checking back for more photos as it is planted and recovers over the next few seasons as well.

Hemlock Dam and Trout Creek

Reservoir looking upstream

Fish collection before creek de-watering, photo by Jaeden Hunter

Fish collection and release, photo by Jaeden Hunter

Reservoir looking downstream - dam is just on the other side of the bridge

Reservoir after dredging, looking upstream

Former dam site

The free flowing creek after dam removal.