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Skokomish River Estuary Restoration Helps Salmon and Steelhead Return Home

In the Puget Sound region, reopening abandoned agricultural land back to nature will allow young salmon, steelhead, and other fish species room to access their historical habitats.
June 27, 2019 - Feature Story ,
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California Vintner Steps Forward to Protect Endangered Salmon

A vintner in Northern California is upgrading a concrete fish barrier to return native salmon and steelhead to valuable spawning habitat that has been blocked for nearly a century.
June 18, 2019 - Feature Story ,

Survey Says: California Anglers Interested in More Habitat for Fishing

Anglers in the Sacramento River system show support for new salmon fishing opportunities above dams currently blocking fish passage.
June 07, 2019 - Feature Story ,
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Working with Nature’s Engineers to Build Coho Salmon Habitat

NOAA partners managing innovative pilot in Oregon are constructing dam starter structures for beavers to finish building, creating slow water areas for juvenile coho to thrive.
May 23, 2019 - Feature Story ,
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Southern California’s Endangered Steelhead and Abalone are Forgotten Treasures

Southern steelhead, white and black abalone are iconic to southern California history and culture, but now are endangered and nearly forgotten.
May 10, 2019 - Feature Story ,
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Oregon Coastal Habitat Project Restores Coho and Reduces Flooding

The Southern Flow Corridor project, which restored salmon habitat in Tillamook, Oregon, also provides flood protection for surrounding communities.
April 04, 2019 - Feature Story ,
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Restoring Side Channels Can Boost Salmon Recovery in Puget Sound Rivers, New Research Finds

Winding side channels and other habitat improvements can help recover salmon, making them less vulnerable to flooding or other extreme conditions associated with climate change.
November 13, 2018 - Feature Story ,
Chinook salmon. Credit: NWFSC/John McMillan

Mission Abalone: Veterans Build SAFE Environments for Endangered White Abalone

NOAA’s California Veterans Corps program, providing post-9/11 veterans with opportunities to protect fisheries resources, is now engaged in restoring abalone along the California coast.
November 09, 2018 - Feature Story ,
2018-11 Abalone SAFES diver 1 Veterans Corps.jpg A short-term abalone fixed enclosure, or SAFE, being deployed into kelp forest habitat.

Veterans Help Restore Valuable Fish Habitat: Success By the Numbers

Learn how the NOAA Veterans Corps provides opportunities for veterans to build their skills while they help conserve endangered salmon and steelhead in California.
November 09, 2018 - Feature Story ,
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Oregon Habitat Restoration Project Improves Tidal Management, Benefiting Farmers and Fish

Unique partnership of federal, state, tribal and local agencies, the agriculture industry, and environmental community worked together on a mutually beneficial "working landscape" restoration project supporting West Coast salmon recovery.
September 21, 2018 - Feature Story ,
2018-09 Winter Lake aerial credit BCI Contracting Inc.jpg Aerial view of construction of new habitat channels at Winter Lake. Credit: BCI Contracting, Inc.