Federal infrastructure funds could be a boon for fish passage 
By Whitney Pipkin US Source: southernmarylandchronicle 3/11/2023
Whitney Pipkin
Credit: James River Association
Removing dams and improving road crossings that block the flow of fish through a waterway usually requires a significant flow of another sort: funding.
 

So, when the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law began sending an additional $200 million over five years to help address the problem of fish passage, experts took note. A spokesperson for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which is channeling the funds to projects through an annual grant-making process, called the funding a “once-in-a-generation investment” in streams and communities.

 
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