Across the country National Fish Passage Program projects funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law| FWS.gov
Looming over one of the most culturally significant sites in north central Washington, Similkameen Falls, the Enloe Dam has blocked salmon and steelhead from migrating into the upper portion of this watershed for over 100 years. Removing the dam will open up over 1,520 miles of cold-water habitat ideal for ESA-listed species including Upper Columbia Steelhead and Spring Chinook as well as non-listed Summer Chinook salmon and Pacific Lamprey, providing greater assurance that these species pers...| FWS.gov
Fish passage is the ability of fish or other aquatic species to move through an aquatic system among all habitats necessary to complete their life cycle. The National Fish Passage Program opens up aquatic travel routes that have been blocked or fragmented. When rivers are fragmented by dams, culverts, or other diversions, they can become congested. These aquatic barriers have the same effect as roadblocks on a busy highway. Traffic backs up, people get stranded, and emergency services stal...| FWS.gov
Fish passage is the ability of fish or other aquatic species to move freely throughout their life to find food, reproduce, and complete their natural migration cycles. Millions of barriers to fish passage across the country are fragmenting habitat and leading to species declines. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Passage Program is working to reconnect watersheds to benefit both wildlife and people.| FWS.gov