Funding Frozen for Weir Project Critical to Alaska’s Copper River Salmon Fishery
A collaborative project to replace a weir critical to the Copper River salmon fishery in Alaska is in jeopardy after the Trump administration froze millions of dollars in funding, including $3.5 million in construction funds for the weir project.
The Copper River Watershed Project (CRWP) in Cordova, Alaska, had been working for over five years to replace the failing weir in Eyak Lake, a barrier built to control water flow, which had been in place for years.
They had worked with their project partner, The Eyak Corp. in Cordova, to finalize an agreement with the Federal Highway Administration, including $3.5 million for construction, which is a significant chunk of the overall construction cost.
Bids on the project came in just days after the Trump administration announced a fun...