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Elwha National Park: 1992 Case Study

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By the 1980s, perspectives had changed and legal challenges and policy questions arose about licensing a dam in a national park. After several years of political processes, Congress settled the issue in 1992. According to the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act (1992), the main purpose of removal of the project dams is for the full restoration of the Elwha River ecosystem and native anadromous fisheries. The consideration for acquisition of the Projects shall be $29.5 million and no more, to be paid by the Secretary to the owner and local industrial consumer (Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act,

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