Ecosystem response to the removal of two large dams in the Pacific Northwest

George R Pess1, Mike McHenry2, Samual Brenkman3, Roger Peters4, Keith Denton5, Joe Anderson6, John McMillan7, Martin C Liermann1, Sarah Morley8, Jeffrey Duda9, Christopher Tonra10, Andrew C Ritchie11 and Amy E East12, (1)NOAA Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Port Angeles, WA, United States, (3)National Park Service, Port Angeles, WA, United States, (4)USFWS, Lacey, WA, United States, (5)KPD Consulting LLC, Sequim, WA, United States, (6)WDFW, Olympia, WA, United States, (7)Trout Unlimited, Port Angeles, WA, United States, (8)NOAA, NWFSC - Fish Ecology, Seattle, WA, United States, (9)U.S. Geological Survey, Western Fisheries Research Center, Seattle, WA, United States, (10)Ohio State University Main Campus, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Columbus, OH, United States, (11)U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (12)USGS San Diego Field Station, San Diego, United States