Salmon superhwy - tillamook basin fish passage restoration project - FY22THE focus of this project is to works in partnership to provide fish (and other aquatic organisms) passage and restore…

This $600,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 will fund fish passage restoration projects in the Tillamook Bay watershed in Oregon through December 2026. Trout Unlimited, Inc. will work with engineering services providers to design aquatic organism passage structures to replace three fish passage barriers. This will restore access for Chinook, chum, and threatened Oregon Coast coho salmon, steelhead, cutthroat trout, and lamprey to 3.2 miles of spawning and rearing habitat. The projects will also improve human safety by removing the risk of catastrophic barrier failure. This award is being provided under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608), which aims to fund state and interstate aquatic nuisance species management plans and other fish and wildlife conservation activities.

Salmon superhwy - tillamook basin fish passage restoration project - FY22THE focus of this project is to works in partnership to provide fish (and other aquatic organisms) passage and restore aquatic connectivity for the benefit of federal trust resources. This project will support design and implementation to address three fish passage barriers in the tillamook BAY watershed and replace them with aquatic organism passage structures that will restore natural stream processes and access for fish to spawning and rearing habitat.trout unlimited will work with engineering services providers to design aquatic organism passage that fully addresses the barriers, work with partners to secure funding and permits, and oversee implementation of the barrier removal projects. The projects will restore passage to 3.2 miles of spawning and rearing habitat benefitting chinook, chum, and ESA listed OC coho salmon, steelhead, cutthroat trout, and lamprey, while improving human safety by removing the risk of catastrophic barrier failure.