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Interior Department Announces $35M for National Fish Passage Projects
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Interior Department Announces $35M for National Fish Passage Projects

Alaska, California, Oregon and Washington are among 22 states sharing in a new $35 million federal investment to address outdated or obsolete dams, culverts, levees and other barriers to fish in the nation’s rivers and streams. The Interior Department announcement of Friday, April 21 is being funded under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. It is part of the agency’s five-year, $200 million commitment to restore free-flowing waters, remove barriers to fish migration and protect communities from flooding rivers and streams. Interior officials said it’s also part of an over $3 billion investment in fish passage and aquatic connectivity projects under the Investing in America agency, which includes funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act. Int...