Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Tacoma Power Gets Salmon Restoration Grants for Cowlitz River (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)


(CHEHALIS, WA) Tacoma Power is accepting applications for hatchery-associated production projects through the first annual grant round of it's Cowlitz Restoration and Recovery Fund. The goal of the Fund is to support activities that protect and promote recovery of endangered salmon species in the upper Cowlitz River basin. Up to $3 million in funding is available for on-the-ground habitat and hatchery projects, or activities that lead to on-the-ground projects, aimed at reintroduction and recovery of Endangered Species Act-listed Cowlitz salmon populations originating in the upper basin, upstream of the Barrier Dam, with a focus on spring Chinook.