Cowlitz Indian Tribe and Columbia Land Trust celebrate launch of Kwoneesum Dam removal project

After years of meticulous planning and close collaboration, the removal process is now underway to restore fish passage to key spawning habitat within the Washougal River watershed and improve a critical natural ecosystem within the Cowlitz Indian Tribe’s ancestral lands. The purchase was funded by grants including by the Pacific Northwest Resilient Landscapes Initiative with support from the Land Trust Alliance, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and Oregon Community Foundation.