Several fish-focused projects along Skagit County shorelines will get funding this year from the state’s Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program.
It was announced in a news release Tuesday that $15.7 million in grants will be awarded throughout the Puget Sound region.
The grant program is coordinated by the state Department of Fish & Wildlife in partnership with the state Recreation and Conservation Office. It supports projects intended to protect and restore natural shorelines, which in turn supports forage fish, salmon and Southern Resident orcas.
The projects are expected to “create shorelines that are more resilient to changing sea levels and climate conditions, and help restore and sustain important fisheries that are critical to the economies of coastal communities,” Fish & Wildlife’s Jay Krienitz said in the release.
Nine projects in Skagit County were included in this year’s grant package. They will get a combined $1.9 million. The projects are in various phases of planning, design and construction.
The Leque Island and Florence Island projects in the Stillaguamish River delta in nearby Snohomish County will get a combined $1.2 million through the program.
June 11, 2021 at 03:00AM
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