Fish passage is set to improve in the Northwest with an investment from Congress s bipartisan infrastructure law. The Biden administration has announced its first round of grants totaling $196 million to fix or remove culverts across the country. Culverts channel water under structures like roadways, but can be barriers to fish who use streams and rivers. .
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Forest Service to look again at the effectiveness of road closures in Montana s Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest. Advocates said the closures are not effective and may be harming grizzly bears. .
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