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Nearly $105 Million in Fish Passage Funding Recommended under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Including Significant Funding for Tribes

Thirty-six new projects will reopen migratory pathways, restore access to healthy habitat for fish, and build tribal capacity to participate in developing and implementing fish passage projects.
December 14, 2022 - Feature Story ,
National
Close up view of an excavator digging in a river Dam removal on the Penobscot River in Maine. Credit: Penobscot River Restoration Trust.

Climate Change and Habitat Loss: Fisheries at Risk

Habitat restoration experts discuss the challenges coastal habitats face from climate change and what NOAA is doing to address them.
December 06, 2022 - Video ,
National
Klamath River surrounded by forest with mist in the background. Klamath River. Credit: Shane Anderson.

Long-Term Monitoring Highlights Continued Recovery of Roanoke River Fish and Mussel Populations

Eighteen years after restoring flow to an important section of the Roanoke River, populations of key species—including the American eel and beneficial freshwater mussels—are growing.
July 07, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
Young American eels in a handheld net suspended over a holding tank. There are about 50 eels, and each one is between 100 and 200 millimeters in length. Credit: Dominion Energy American eels captured in the bypassed reach downstream of Roanoke Rapids Dam. Almost all of the migrating eels at the dam first pass through the bypassed reach, which has become an important migration corridor since flow was restored to this area. Credit: Dominion Energy

Two Fish Passage Funding Opportunities Open Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, One Focused on Indian Tribes

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.
June 13, 2022 - Feature Story ,
National
Aerial view of construction equipment removing a dam from a stream Removal of Holmes Dam on Town Brook in Plymouth, Massachusetts. (Credit: Hawk Visuals)

Kids Creek Project Restores Habitat and Food Sources for Great Lakes Fish

A NOAA-supported project in Traverse City, Michigan, is helping enhance habitat and food sources for fish like brook trout.
January 04, 2022 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Construction workers set up a large concrete structure to move it into a stream Culvert replacement underway on Kids Creek. Credit: Zach Cole/City of Traverse City.

Reopening Rivers to Migratory Fish in the Northeast

Our interactive story map highlights how NOAA and partners’ work reopening rivers in the Northeast helps benefit fisheries and communities.
August 31, 2021 - Story Map ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Aerial view of construction equipment removing a dam from a stream Removal of Holmes Dam on Town Brook in Plymouth, Massachusetts. (Credit: Hawk Visuals)

Atlantic Coast River Herring Collaborative Forum: Presentation Abstracts

The Forum is an information exchange venue to bring together river herring practitioners, managers, researchers, and community groups from across the species range. Below are the presentation abstracts from the March 29, 2021 meeting.
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Small stripped fish in school against rocky bottom.

Dam Removals in New Hampshire Benefit Public Safety, Fish Migration

The removal of two dams along the Bellamy River has reduced the risk of flooding and reopened habitat for migratory fish.
February 03, 2021 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A river runs under a bridge and between several buildings Site of the Upper Sawyer Mill Dam after its removal. (Photo: New Hampshire Department of Environmental Sciences)

Habitat Conservation Division’s Accomplishment Reports

HCD highlights the division's most important achievements every year in an easy to read document.
January 25, 2021 - Other Reports ,
Alaska

Atlantic Coast River Herring Collaborative Forum

Also known as the River Herring Forum, is an information exchange venue to bring together river herring practitioners, managers, researchers, and community groups from across the species range.
New England/Mid-Atlantic