A long-planned project to build a fish passage facility on the Howard A. Hanson Dam is advancing with new funding. It would reopen more than 100 miles of western Washington state’s Green River for salmon spawning and rearing.
The Water Resources Development Act, which the U.S. Senate passed this month after lawmakers reached an agreement with their House colleagues, authorizes $878.5 million for the dam project. As ENR previously reported, WRDA includes $37 billion in federal funds for various U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects.