Unfortunately one major issue persists. The Lower Elwha Tribe intends to repopulate the newly wild river with hatchery fish. This will most certainly impede a real wild fish repopulation and diminish the recovery of the river. In fact, the tribe intends to stock out-of-basin steelhead, a practice wildly at odds with removing the dams. To learn more, contact Native Fish Society or Wild Fish Conservancy
http://nativefishsociety.org/
http://wildfishconservancy.org/
Related video on the Elwha dam removal by Andy Maser: