Cowlitz Tribe and NOAA Improved Lower Columbia River Tributary for Salmon and Steelhead
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In Southeast Washington, NOAA funding is supporting the Cowlitz Indian Tribe’s goal of restoring 30 percent or more of the salmon and steelhead habitat on its traditional lands in the lower Columbia River watershed.
Last year the 55-foot-tall, 425-foot-long Kwoneesum Dam on Wildboy Creek was removed with the help of NOAA Fisheries’ Office of Habitat Conservation grant of $3.3 million. The dam had blocked upstream salmon and steelhead migration on the creek for almost 60 years...
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