(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.
