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Originally published Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 12:00 PM

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State receives $16.4 million for coastal restoration

Washington state will receive about $16.4 million in federal stimulus money to restore damaged wetlands, reopen fish passages and improve habitat for threatened salmon.

Washington state will receive about $16.4 million in federal stimulus money to restore damaged wetlands, reopen fish passages and improve habitat for threatened salmon.

The money announced Tuesday is part of $167 million distributed nationwide by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

There's $2 million to restore floodplain on the lower Elwha River, $4.5 million to remove derelict fishing gear in Puget Sound and $5.2 million to improve saltmarsh habitat at Fisher Slough in Burlington.

There's money to restore fish passage on the lower Snohomish River in Marysville, improve floodplain habitat on Hansen Creek in Milltown and improve habitat at Smuggler's Slough near Bellingham.

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Comments (19)
Removal of derelict fishing gear is actually a pretty dangerous job. Usually involves deep diving and cutting up nets that have become entangled on...  Posted on June 30, 2009 at 2:07 PM by Bike2Work. Jump to comment
Factory raised Pork... it's all that's left to eat if you let ghost nets and traps fish and kill the catch....  Posted on June 30, 2009 at 3:41 PM by Bike2Work. Jump to comment
Hey Bike2Work, Maybe the fishing industry should pay for the clean up since they created the mess they made.  Posted on June 30, 2009 at 5:24 PM by I'm Fed Up!. Jump to comment

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