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Building a Network of Restored Habitat in the Klamath River Watershed

Strategic habitat restoration projects across the Klamath River watershed are laying the groundwork for future dam removals.
October 23, 2020 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Aerial photo of the mouth of the Klamath River Mouth of the Klamath River. (Photo: Thomas Dunklin)

Removing Dams and Replacing Culverts: Opening Up Miles of Habitat for Fish Migration

Oil spill settlement-funded projects opened up a river and streams, and restored wetland habitat in two northeast states. Fish haven't been able to access some of these areas for hundreds of years.
October 22, 2020 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
An excavator demolishing a dam. Construction equipment removing the Horseshoe Mill Dam on the Weweantic River.

A River Reconnected: Removing the Pilchuck River Diversion Dam

NOAA and partners are working to remove the Pilchuck River Diversion Dam in Washington and reopen 37 miles of habitat to threatened salmon and steelhead.
August 27, 2020 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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Celebrating Habitat Month 2020: Reconnecting with Habitat!

Dive into Habitat Month and learn how NOAA supports healthy habitat.
July 30, 2020 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
National
Turek Coonamessett River and Wetland Restoration Falmouth MA_750x500.jpg

Penobscot River Salmon Run Surges for Second Straight Year

After dam removals and fish passage improvements, endangered Atlantic salmon are continuing to return to Maine’s Penobscot River in encouraging numbers.
July 28, 2020 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Meet Bjorn Lake, National Fish Passage Engineer

Bjorn Lake is a National Fish Passage Engineer at NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
July 16, 2020 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Dam Removal Brings Hope for Salmon in Washington’s Middle Fork Nooksack River

The NOAA-supported effort to remove the Middle Fork Nooksack Dam will restore access to 16 miles of habitat for threatened salmon and steelhead.
July 16, 2020 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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Infographic: The Value of Opening Rivers for Fish

Learn how NOAA helps migratory fish and communities by opening river and stream habitat.
May 14, 2020 - Feature Story ,
National
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Butano Creek Restoration Reopens Habitat for Salmon in California

NOAA-supported restoration work aims to alleviate flooding, prevent fish kills, and reconnect migrating salmon and steelhead to their historic habitat.
May 12, 2020 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
aerial-pescadero-creek-road_750x500.jpg Butano Creek flows under Pescadero Creek Road. (Photo: San Mateo Resource Conservation District)

Herring to Benefit from Dam Removals, Wetland Restoration in Coonamessett River

NOAA, the Town of Falmouth, and other partners are working to restore Massachusetts’ Coonamessett River. The projects will benefit alewife, blueback herring, and other migratory fish.
April 29, 2020 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Turek Coonamessett River and Wetland Restoration Falmouth MA_750x500.jpg