Aerial view of the construction site, showing the diversion channel, access culverts, cofferdam and dam. Water pumps beside the dam channel water into an adjacent field (top right).

A hydraulic hammer breaks up concrete from the dam. The dam’s demolition resulted in seventy truckloads of concrete and steel rebar, all of which was recycled.

The cofferdam directs water into the channel, while orange and green sandbags hold the plastic down.

The dam before its removal, after water has been diverted from the creek.

Crews capture the remaining fish, count and catalog them, and then reinsert them downstream.

A seine net prevents fish from coming back upstream into the job site after they have been salvaged.

Thanks to the coordinated efforts of our partners, more than 600 salmonids were salvaged in the dam removal process.

A crew member holds a steelhead trout.

Crews recover a cutthroat trout.