![]() Salamander Parcel Floodplain Reconnectionįlint Hill Church Fish Passage & Flood Control Projectįish Passage on the Little Minnesota River Low-Head Dam Removal on Long Tom River at Monroe, Oregon Priority Fish Passage Improvements in Western Montana Landscape-scale Maple River Reconnection Project Reconnecting Habitat for Eastern Brook Trout Upper Coonamessett River Wetland Complex Restoration Removal of a Low-Head Dam and Fish Passage Barrierĭam Removals Along the East Fork of Whitewater River Steamboat Rock Dam Removal and Restorationįorest City Dam to Rapids Conversion ProjectĬoeur d’Alene Tribe Lake Creek Culvert Replacementįort Wayne Rivers Fisheries Improvement Project Waukell and Junior Creeks Culvert Replacements Projectĭye Creek Fish Passage Improvement Project Yakutat Forest Highway 10 Aquatic Organism PassageĬrooked Creek Route 55 Culvert Fish Passage Project Metlakatla Indian Community Fish Passage Project Making Progress Towards a Barrier-Free Copper Riverĭeep Creek Watershed Fish Passage Improvements ![]() FY23 National Fish Passage projects with funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Maple River Reconnection (Michigan), $1.9 million – This project will protect surrounding agricultural land from flooding events and support the cultural restoration and expansion of indigenous Manoomin (wild rice) crop, which is important to the Little River Band of Ottawa Indian Tribe. Talbot Mills Dam Removal on the Concord River (Massachusetts), $800,000 – This will be the largest dam removal in the history of the state, reopening 135 stream miles to anadromous species that have not had passage since the 1700s. Restoring Access to Tyonek Creek (Alaska), $780,000 – This project will complete a 10-year, multiagency effort to remove all barriers in the Tyonek Creek watershed, near the Native village of Tyonek, opening a total of 31 miles for subsistence salmon populations. Its body is also olive, with a coppery or brassy sheen its lower fins are primarily dusky to dark, often tinted yellow or orange and pale edged the tail fin is mostly red.Įla Dam Removal (North Carolina), $4 million – This project will reopen nearly 550 miles of habitat to several sensitive and rare aquatic species, including sicklefin redhorse, a vital food source for Tribal ancestors of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and Appalachian elktoe, a federally endangered freshwater mussel. It has a sickle-shaped back fin that is olive-colored, sometimes partly red. Image Details The sicklefin redhorse, a freshwater fish, can grow to 25 inches long. Many of these projects will help with conservation efforts for threatened or endangered species. This year, there are 23 projects that have Tribal involvement and nine projects that are Tribally-led, where funding is going directly to those awarded Tribes. The 2023 projects represent the second year of a five-year commitment and build on the 40 projects announced last year. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) provides a once-in-a generation opportunity to invest in climate resilient infrastructure, healthy rivers and streams, and abundant fisheries. Learn more about fish passage is one of the most effective ways to help conserve vulnerable species while building safer infrastructure for communities and improving climate resilience. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Passage Program is working to reconnect watersheds to benefit both wildlife and people. Improving fish passage fish passageįish passage is the ability of fish or other aquatic species to move freely throughout their life to find food, reproduce, and complete their natural migration cycles. Millions of barriers to fish passage across the country are fragmenting habitat and leading to species declines. Fish and Wildlife Service announced 22 states will receive $35 million to support 39 projects that will address outdated or obsolete dams, culverts, levees and other barriers fragmenting our nation’s rivers and streams.Īround the world, millions of barriers are fragmenting rivers, blocking fish migration, and putting communities at higher risk to flooding. ![]() Learn more about Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will help restore rivers, protect wildlife, support communities, and improve climate resilience. We were directly appropriated $455 million over five years in BIL funds for programs related to the President’s America the Beautiful initiative. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) is a once-in-a-generation investment in the nation’s infrastructure and economic competitiveness. Across the country National Fish Passage Program projects funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
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