Bicameral Effort Urges Interior Secretary to Restore $1.28M For Salmon Habitat in Washington

On July 29, ten members of Congress from Washington state sent a strongly worded letter to Interior Secretary Doug Bergum urging him to restore funds for the Regional Fisheries Enhancement Groups (RFEGs).
“We write to express our deep concern regarding the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) elimination of $1,285,000 of Fiscal Year 2025 funding for Washington state’s Regional Fisheries Enhancement Groups (RFEGs),” the letter began, led by Senator Patty Murray, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Representative Rick Larsen...
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