Hydropower dams provide reliable renewable energy, but they also have a direct impact on the environment, especially fish. Adjusting the amount of water spilling over a dam can help fish successfully ...

Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, NOAA is seeking proposals for fish passage projects that will reopen migratory pathways and restore access to healthy habitat for fish around the country.

Over 1 million dams and culverts (tunnels that encircle rivers passing under roads) block the movements of fish and other wildlife in Europe. Scientists estimate that less than 1% of catchments in the ...

NOAA is seeking proposals for fish passage projects that will remove in-stream barriers to reopen migratory pathways and restore access to healthy habitat for fish around the country. NOAA is ...

WSDOT a catalyst for downstream barrier removal on State Route 20 In August 2023, WSDOT corrected a barrier under State Route 20 at milepost 94.47 on Thompson Creek, a tributary to Middle Fork Skagit ...

Hydropower dams provide reliable renewable energy, but they also have a direct impact on the environment, especially fish. Adjusting the amount of water spilling over a dam can help fish successfully ...

This program removes structures in streams and rivers that block salmon from reaching historic habitat. This will allow salmon to reach miles of historic spawning and rearing habitat. Access to more ...

ARLINGTON — Hindered by habitat degradation, overfishing and pollution, salmon populations along the West Coast have been in decline for decades. Even if a salmon makes it to adulthood, surviving a ...

WSDOT utilizes innovative delivery, partnership coordination, and constant improvement based on data-driven feedback to plan and deliver its fish passage program. Barrier correction projects apply to ...

CLE ELUM — Brian Saluskin spent Friday morning drifting on the Columbia River, fishing during the day’s earliest hours. A few hours later, Saluskin, a fish passage biologist for Yakama Nation ...