OLYMPIA–The Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board and Puget Sound Partnership today announced the award of more than $61 million in grants to 155 projects across the state aimed at restoring salmon habitat. “These grants fund important work,” said Jeff Breckel, chair of the Salmon Recovery Funding Board. “They are funding organizations to undo the […]
OLYMPIA—The Recreation and Conservation Office today announced the award of more than $67 million in grants for 105 projects across the state to support outdoor recreation and conservation of wildlife habitat. The projects develop parks, renovate recreational facilities and preserve important wildlife habitats. “This investment in our communities is critical,” said Megan Duffy, director of […]
OLYMPIA–The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and the Washington Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) today announced $14.6 million in grants for a suite of projects to protect and improve estuaries, shorelines and other near-shore habitat in Puget Sound. The grants are from the Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program, which provides funding and technical […]
OLYMPIA–The Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) today announced the award of $9.2 million in grants for projects that will restore habitat, create jobs and improve the resiliency of Washington’s Coastal communities. The grants were awarded to eight projects including ones that will remove invasive plants, restore rivers, work with landowners on conservation grazing practices and […]
OLYMPIA–The Brian Abbott Fish Barrier Removal Board today announced the award of $30 million in grants to remove fish-blocking road culverts and correct other road-related barriers to open salmon migration routes. Salmon are born in freshwater streams, migrate to the ocean, and return to their birthplace to produce the next generation of salmon. People have […]
OLYMPIA–The Recreation and Conservation Funding Board has awarded more than $148 million to projects across the state that will build and improve parks and trails, conserve irreplaceable wildlife habitat and maintain land for farming and forestry. “These grants are critical to keeping Washington a premiere destination for outdoor adventure as well as a great place […]
OLYMPIA–This summer, thousands of Washington State youth will get a chance to step into an outdoor adventure, thanks to grants from Washington State Parks. The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission, in partnership with the state Recreation and Conservation Office, today announced the award of more than $1 million in grants to 15 organizations. The […]
OLYMPIA–A new report released by the Governor’s Salmon Recovery Office shows that several populations of salmon in Washington improved but most still are struggling and face extinction. Of the 14 species of salmon and steelhead in Washington listed as at risk of extinction under the federal Endangered Species Act, six are improving. However, eight still […]
OLYMPIA–Nearly 70 projects to restore salmon habitat across the state were funded thanks to the Climate Commitment Act, the Recreation and Conservation Office announced today. Lawmakers passed the act in 2021 and voters reaffirmed it in November. The act created a program to require the state’s largest polluters to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, a known […]
OLYMPIA–Gov. Bob Ferguson, in partnership with the Washington Invasive Species Council, has proclaimed February 24-28 as Washington Invasive Species Awareness Week in solidarity with National Invasive Species Awareness Week. “Invasive species and noxious weeds already are a big problem in Washington and species that have yet to reach our state could pose even greater challenges […]