A $9.7 million NOAA Fisheries investment is helping restore salmon habitat in Washington’s Big Quilcene River while reducing flood impacts on the local community.
Researchers tracked salmon before, during, and after restoration to understand how restored channel and floodplain habitat influences growth, survival, and recovery of threatened coho salmon.
NOAA Fisheries and partners rebuilt floodplain habitat in the heart of redwood country, benefiting salmon, restoring tribal stewardship, and creating new opportunities for recreation and jobs.
With NOAA funding, Trout Unlimited is opening up streams for migratory fish across coastal watersheds. Part of the greater Salmon SuperHwy restoration effort, this work is helping threatened Oregon Coast coho rebound and supporting local communities.
A NOAA-funded project removed the final barrier on an urban San Francisco Bay Area creek that was once the Bay’s largest producer of steelhead and Chinook salmon.
NOAA-funded projects are reconnecting tributaries and restoring habitat in the Snake River Basin, helping threatened salmon and steelhead complete one of the longest migrations in the lower 48 states.
NOAA funding helped the Yakama Nation and partners remove a causeway in Richland, Washington, that had wreaked havoc on Yakima River salmon and steelhead populations. Now, fish have a better chance of surviving migration in and out of the river.
