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On August 14, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) officially awarded $341,000 to RBP for the first year of a three-year effort to address 16 high priority fish passage barriers. The project will improve fish passage to 139.4 miles of Coho habitat, 65.7 miles of Chinook habitat, 119 miles of Pacific Lamprey habitat and 400 miles of steelhead habitat.  The three-year grant comes through NOAA’s Community-based Restoration Program. It was selected as just one of 21 awards nationwide from a pool of many more applicants. The full amount of the award is $570,000, pending federal appropriations for years two...Read More

No single organization can restore the Rogue Basin on its own. To recover our native fisheries and protect the unique biodiversity of our forests, strong collaborations are needed, and local leadership must be supported. One way that RBP supports stewardship of our Basin is by seeking out financial resources to enhance the success of our member/partner organizations. With funding from the Laird Norton Family Foundation and Resources Legacy Foundation, this spring RBP awarded our members $253,112 through our working group and priority project solicitation process. This year’s funding will support the following projects: Conservation Policy. Working group members (Rogue Riverkeeper,...Read More