Photo: Brook trout in Seneca Creek, WV. Ryan Hagerty/USFWS
Through the National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) ( www.fishhabitat.org ), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and partners are providing more than $39.2 million to support 95 fish habitat conservation projects in 24 states. The USFWS is providing $5.8 million this year, with non-governmental organizations, state resource agencies, and other partners contributing an additional $33.3 million. This represents a 5.7:1 leveraged funding match for NFHP funding.
These projects empower and boost locally led conservation efforts that restore and reconnect habitats to create more robust fish populations, better fishing, and healthier waterways. Twenty individual Fish Habitat Partnerships across the nation make up our national efforts and work with a variety of partners, including private landowners, farmers and ranchers, Tribes, non-profit organizations, state, federal and local government agencies, and many others to achieve fish habitat conservation goals that protect, restore and enhance habitat conditions locally for fish.
In 2023, project types include removing barriers to fish passage, reducing erosion from farm and ranchlands, restoring stream banks, combatting the impacts of drought, and conducting monitoring and assessments to identify conservation needs for fish and their habitats. Anticipated benefits include more robust fish […]
Full article: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Partners Announce More than $39.2 Million for Fish Habitat