August 7, 2024 — NOAA and the Department of Commerce announced more than $105 million in recommended funding for 14 new and continuing salmon recovery projects and programs. The Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF) will fund these state and tribal efforts along the West Coast and Alaska. The projects include habitat restoration, stock enhancement, sustainable fisheries, and research and monitoring in California, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska.
The funding comes from Fiscal Year 2024 annual appropriations, $34.4 million under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and $7.5 million under the Inflation Reduction Act. The U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo shared, “This $105 million investment, made possible thanks to the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, will build on decades of salmon recovery work while helping Pacific coast tribes and Alaska Natives sustain their communities and cultural traditions in the face of climate change.”
These investments will supplement state and tribal programs that provide demonstrable and measurable benefits to Pacific salmon and their habitat. “This is a result of the most ambitious climate agenda in history, and I am proud that nearly half of all funds in this announcement are being awarded to Tribal applicants,” Raimondo stated. This will aid in the recovery of 28 Endangered Species Act (ESA)-listed salmon and steelhead species, as well as non-listed ESA salmon and steelhead that are necessary for native subsistence or tribal treaty fishing rights, and for those in the Columbia River Basin, these efforts will help meet the President’s goal of restoring healthy and abundant salmon, steelhead and other native fish in the Basin.