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.
With $7 million in funding from NOAA Fisheries, the Ford House estate on Lake St. Clair in Michigan is rebuilding shoreline habitat for fish and other wildlife while expanding access and educational opportunities for visitors.
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.
Back-to-back record spawning seasons suggest that reconnecting tributaries and restoring salmon habitat is supporting Central California Coast Coho population growth. NOAA has funded more than 100 restoration projects on the Mendocino Coast.
NOAA support is driving large-scale seagrass and wetland restoration in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon, delivering benefits for fisheries, water quality, and coastal communities.
NOAA-funded restoration projects in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon generate strong economic returns, supporting jobs, boosting fisheries, and delivering environmental benefits worth billions of dollars.
With $9.4 million in NOAA funding, the Indian River Lagoon Council and its partners are carrying out 15 projects across the estuary to restore seagrass, wetlands, shellfish populations, and shorelines.
