Wash. awards $19.8 million to protect salmon
File photo By Associated PressOLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - The state Salmon Recovery Funding Board has awarded $19.8 million in grants to protect and restore salmon populations throughout the state. That includes more than $2 million for a dozen projects in South Puget Sound. The Olympian reports since 2000, more than $345 million in state and federal money has been awarded to 1,115 projects to acquire and restore salmon habitat and replace road culverts that block fish passage. Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. |
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