Government originally planned to remove the Elwha and Glines Dams in Washington, the enormous expense of removal has resulted in a postponement of this effort.
政府原本计划拆除华盛顿的艾尔瓦和格莱恩斯大坝，但巨大的拆除费用导致这一计划被推迟。
Map from Google Maps, with "A" marking the location of the Elwha River dams.
地图来自谷歌地图，标记A为尔瓦河堤。
The little-known Elwha River in Washington State is set to be free flowing within 3 years.
华盛顿州鲜为人知的尔瓦河将在三年之后通畅无阻。
Some, like the two Elwha dams, were built without fish ladders, meaning they serve as completely impenetrable barriers to fish migrations.
一些大坝和这两座埃尔瓦河大坝一样在建造的时候缺乏鱼梯设计，就是说它们完全阻碍了鱼群的洄游。
On Saturday, members of the tribe performed traditional dances to celebrate removal of the Elwha Dam, which has stood on their homeland since 1913.
星期六，部落的人们跳着传统的舞蹈庆贺这个自从1913就矗立在他们家乡的大坝——埃尔瓦河大坝的拆除。
Sunbeams occasionally sliced through the notorious Pacific Northwest cloud cover as a bulldozer started carving out pieces of the Elwha Dam's concrete barrier.
当一架推土机开始切割埃尔瓦河大坝的混凝土栏杆的时候，日光间或地划破太平洋西北处上空的云层盖投射下来。
America’s largest-ever dam-removal project began on September 17th on the Elwha River in Washington state, but most dams removed have been in the east and Midwest.
美国大规模拆除水坝计划开始于9月17日拆除华盛顿州瓦尔河上的水坝。但是此前东部和中部大部分的水坝已经被拆除。
America's largest-ever dam-removal project began on September 17th on the Elwha River in Washington state, but most dams removed have been in the east and Midwest.
美国大规模拆除水坝计划开始于9月17日拆除华盛顿州瓦尔河上的水坝。但是此前东部和中部大部分的水坝已经被拆除。
The two dams shut off this week—the Elwha and the Glines Canyon—went online over 100 years ago, despite failing to meet concurrent legal requirements for fish passage.
本周位于尔瓦河与戈兰斯峡谷的两座大坝于已关闭。尽管不符合同时出台的鱼类通道法律标准，这两个大坝已经使用了一百多年。
The integrity of the structures was questionable, both because of their age and because the Elwha Dam breached during construction and was patched with fill and debris.
大坝结构也遭到质疑，一是因为其年代久远，二是因为它在建造过程中就出现垮塌，后来又用废料和残片填补。
The indigenous people, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, who have lived in the area for some 2,700 years, have always opposed the dams on the grounds of their impact on salmon.
已经在这片土地生活了2700年的美国原住民，尔瓦河下游的Klallam部落一直反对建立大坝，因为这对鲑鱼的生存造成了极大影响。
The indigenous people, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, who have lived in the area for some 2,700 years, have always opposed the dams on the grounds of their impact on salmon.
已经在这片土地生活了2700年的美国原住民，尔瓦河下游的Klallam部落一直反对建立大坝，因为这对鲑鱼的生存造成了极大影响。
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