Fish passage projects in four New England slated are among three dozen slated to be funded by the federal government.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has recommended more than $100 million for fish passage projects across the country as part of a federal infrastructure law. Federal officials said Wednesday that the projects are designed to reopen migratory routes and restore access to habitat for fish.
The effort includes projects in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut. The Maine Department of Marine Resources is slated to receive up to $14.8 million to design and implement a fish lift at Woodland Dam on the St. Croix River that would provide access to 60,000 acres of habitat for alewife, NOAA officials said.
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Another project would restore access to 238 miles of habitat in the Ipswich and Parker river watersheds in Massachusetts, NOAA officials said. The project would benefit herring and eels and is slated for more than $2 million in funding, officials said.
The federal government has scheduled three dozen fish passage projects in the United States, including four in New England. Maine government officials say allowing fish to migrate along the state’s rivers “will help preserve species that have long been culturally and economically important to our state.”
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Maine Senators Angus King and Susan Collins said in a joint statement that allowing unimpeded migration of fish along Maine’s rivers “will help preserve species that have long been culturally and economically important to our condition”.
