The US state of Alaska is moving forward on several major fish passage and habitat restoration projects thanks to $200 million allocated through the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Public radio station KRBD, in Ketchikan, Alaska, reports that just this spring, $7.5m was announced to help clean up old infrastructure that blocks fish from reaching spawning habitat. That's part of $15.0m announced for Alaska for similar projects since the sweeping infrastructure bill was signed into law by US president Joe Biden in 2021.
The latest funds will go to salmon habitat projects in Alaska's Copper River basin, Tyonek, Port Graham, Metlakatla, Yakutat, and near Ninilchik at Deep Creek, the Mat-Su Valley, Emmonak, according to the radio station. The money will also go towards a regional project in Southeast.
Alaska is the latest to benefit from federal funding for fish passage projects aimed at enhancing salmon stocks. Undercurrent News previously reported how the US states of Oregon and Washington have benefited from funding for similar projects.
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