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Sunset at Lower Lewis River Falls, WAThe sun sets over Lower Lewis River Falls in Washington State’s Gifford Pinchot National Forest. The falls mark a wild and scenic stretch of the river, but other sections of the Lewis, which drains the state’s mighty Cascade Range, boast large dam and reservoir systems.Hydroelectric plants produce power, but they’ve changed the river’s natural character—to the special detriment of migratory fish like salmon. Utilities have agreed to begin trucking fish around the dams along the Lewis River, moving them from below these looming barriers to prime habitat upstream, above the dams.
Photograph by Scottyboipdx Weber, Your Shot

Rivers

Rivers run through the heart and soul of countless communities. But, increasingly, they run on human terms rather than on Mother Nature’s.