​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Relevant documents and media files pertaining to the Middle Fork Nooksack River Fish Passage Project will be posted on this page when they are finalized. ​

Documents ​

• Middle Fork Project Fact Sheet ​(PDF) (0.5 MB)
  
• Alternatives Analysis and Conceptua​l Design Report (PDF) (31MB) ​
  
• Middle Fork ​Nooksack Contractor Infor​mation Flyer (PDF) (1MB)
  

​​Media Produced by Project Partners

• Dam Removal Brings Hope for Salmon in Washington's Middle Fork Nooksack River​ - NOAA Fisheries article
  
• Restoring a River o​f Life​​​​​ - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service​ storymap​
  
• ​Middle Fork Nooksack River Fish Passage Project Begins​ - City of Bellingham press release
  

Media Coverage

• Bang! Watch a Nooksack River Dam Finally Coming Down, Freeing Miles for Fish Habitat - Seattle Times article
  
• Free-flowing Middle Fork Nooksack River Just Months Away, After First Blast in Dam Removal​ - KNKX article and recording
  
• Nooksack Dam Removal Begins - Video on KGMI
  
• Washington Dam is Being Removed After Decades-Long Battle - EcoWatch article
  
• Dam Removal Under Way to Reopen Fish Habitat​ - Radio Pacific, Inc. article
  
• A Dam Comes Down - and Tribes, Cities, Salmon and Orcas Could All Benefit ​- The Revelator article 
  
• Bellingham Diversion Dam Being Removed to Help These Imperiled Pacific Northwest Icons​ - Bellingham Herald article
  
• Blasting Begins on Middle Fork Nooksack Dam to Restore Salmon Habitat - King5 News article
  
• Washington River Dam Demolished to Open Miles of Salmon Habitat​ - Q13 FOX article
  
• WA Dam Removal Brings Hope for NW Fish, Orcas - Public News Service article
  
• State Invests $45 Million in Puget Sound Salmo​n, Habitat - Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office press release​
  
• Dam Projects on Washington Rivers Will Restore Miles of Salmon Habitat​ - ​King 5 ​story​
  
• 'Removing the Middle Fork Nooksack Dam is one of the Most Important Salmon Restoration Projects' - Bellingham Herald article
  
• Bellingham to Remove Dam for Salmon Restoration Project ​- Q13 FOX article ​
  
• Help Save the Orcas? Tear Down the Nooksack Dam - Op-ed piece by Washington State Representative Sharon Shewmake
  
• What Will Whatcom ​County see out of the State's New $4.9 Billion Capital Budget? ​- Bellingham Herald article ​
  
• Middle Fork Diversion Dam​​ - Whatcom Watch article
  
• Freeing the Salmon, Feeding the Orcas - Paul Allen press release
• Nineteen New Coastal and Marine Habitat Restoration Projects Recommended for 2019 NOAA Funding​ - NOAA Fisheries article​