OLYMPIA — Clallam County has been awarded funding for salmon habitat restoration as part of a $50.3 million statewide initiative from Washington State’s Salmon Recovery Funding Board. The projects focus on improving riverbank ecosystems to support salmon and other fish species.
The 10,000 Years Institute received $289,321 to remove invasive plants and replant native species along the Calawah River. The Clallam Conservation District was granted $210,129 to plant trees along the Quillayute River. The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe secured $623,540 to place logjams in the Upper Dungeness River, and the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe will use $304,884 to conserve 21 acres along Indian Creek.
The grants are funded by the Climate Commitment Act.