culverts

FILE - Melissa Erkel, a fish passage biologist with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, looks at a culvert along the north fork of Newaukum Creek near Enumclaw, Wash., June 22, 2015. The Biden administration, on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, was announcing nearly $200 million in federal infrastructure grants to upgrade tunnels that carry streams beneath roads but can be deadly to anadromous fish that get stuck trying to pass through.

Federal grants will replace water tunnels beneath roads that are harmful to fish

The Associated Press

The Biden administration has announced nearly $200 million in federal infrastructure grants to upgrade tunnels known as culverts that carry streams beneath roads but can be deadly to fish that get stuck trying to pass through.

Environment

Victory For Tribal Treaty Rights And Salmon As U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Culvert Case Ruling

Bellamy Pailthorp

Tribes and conservationists are celebrating a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that upholds tribal treaty fishing rights. The U.S. Supreme Court has let…

Environment

State And Feds Battle In Supreme Court Over How To Fix Culverts

Bellamy Pailthorp

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in what many observers are calling a historic showdown that will determine who has to pay to fix our…