NOAA Fisheries is directing $103 million toward habitat restoration projects across the country, with several of the largest awards aimed at improving habitat for commercially important salmon, shrimp, oysters, and other species. … A significant portion of the funding will go toward salmon habitat and fish passage projects. … California projects include $5.4 million for California Trout to reconnect floodplain habitat for coho salmon in the Klamath River. The California Department of Water Resources will receive $8 million for fish passage work benefiting salmon and sturgeon. Farther north, NOAA awarded $6.1 million to The Freshwater Trust for salmon and steelhead habitat restoration in Oregon’s Sandy River Basin.

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