Service Provides More Than $3 Million in Funding to Benefit Fish Habitat

July 21, 2010 by USFWS  

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will provide more than $3.3 million to support 68 fish habitat projects in 36 states across the nation under the National Fish Habitat Action Plan (NFHAP). An additional $9.9 million in partner contributions, over $13.2 million in total, will go toward restoring and enhancing stream, lake and coastal habitat, as well as to improving recreational fishing and helping endangered species. Thirty of the projects, supported by $2 million of the Service funds, will be focused on long-term protection against the effects of climate change.

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