It doesn't take much driving outside of Alaska's largest city to get to the wild. This enormous state park has hundreds of ...

As the debate over restoring the Eklutna River has intensified, the story has also gotten more complicated. Here’s what you need to know to follow the issue.

The old dam on the Eklutna River will be dismantled during the summer of 2017. A crane is in place on the area above the river canyon to facilitate the teardown. Photographed on June 1, 2017.

The governor’s decision sets up three scenarios. Residents should expect at least modest changes to partially restore Eklutna River, though there’s potential for something much more ambitious.

The Eklutna Hydroelectric Project owners' lead technical expert shared this graph estimating Eklutna River flow rates if there were no dam from 2011-2020 at a Chugach Electric Association board ...

The Chugach and Matanuska electric associations and Anchorage's hydropower utility own the dam at the base of Eklutna Lake, which dries up the 12-mile river. Last fall, as part of a legally ...

Apr. 26—Two Southcentral Alaska electric utilities on Thursday sent to Gov. Mike Dunleavy their final proposal in a historic effort to return water flow and possibly salmon to much of the Eklutna ...

The Assembly and Native Village of Eklutna have called for full restoration of the river and have opposed the utilities' draft plan, which would leave 1 mile of the 12-mile river dry, and would ...

Apr. 18—The Municipality of Anchorage and two electric utilities are looking to restore water flow back to the Eklutna River. It's a historic moment, everyone agrees. For decades, an earthen dam ...

Apr. 21—As Southcentral Alaska electric utilities push forward with a much-contested plan to reduce the impacts of a hydroelectric project on fish and wildlife, the Native Village of Eklutna is ...

Apr. 18—The Municipality of Anchorage and two electric utilities are looking to restore water flow back to the Eklutna River. It's a historic moment, everyone agrees. For decades, an earthen dam at ...