Project Status

The project was initiated in 2022. Field work has been completed to collect data for site assessment, modeling and development of conceptual restoration design alternatives currently underway. A grant application was submitted in August to NOAA’s Fish Passage program requesting funding for Phase 2 pre-construction activities; and the project received an award of $15 million. Monthly project updates are emailed to partners and stakeholders, with direct communication to landowners adjacent to the project.

Project phase: Initiation and Alternatives Analysis (Phase 1)

Major Accomplishments:

• Approximately $1 million in seed funding was raised from private, local, state, and federal sources to initiate the project in 2022.
• The project received an award of $15 million from the NOAA Restoration Center .

Design consultant: Inter-Fluve, Inc.

Next milestone: 30% fish passage and restoration plan design.