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Missoula, Montana – Trout and Salmon Foundation (“TSF”) announced its 2016 grant recipients approved at TSF’s annual board meeting.  “Consistent with Trout and Salmon Foundation’s long history, we are thrilled to support our conservation partners in funding meaningful trout and salmon habitat improvement projects.  This year TSF funded 16 projects in salmon waters in Washington’s Pacific Northwest to classic…

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In 2015, Trout and Salmon Foundation funded the West Arlington restoration project on the Batten Kill river in partnership with Batten Kill Watershed Alliance. This project was recently highlighted in a press release from Batten Kill Watershed Alliance: The project was designed by Green Mountain National Forest (GMNF) fisheries biologists under the guidance of Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department fisheries…

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In 2015, TSF supported a plan by Trout Unlimited to install fish habitat structures and bank stabilization measures on 600 feet of Little Lyman Run. The project is planned in conjunction with a culvert replacement projected that was recently completed. There is an excellent overview of the culvert replacement project on TU’s website. The Little Lyman Run habitat work…

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In 2015, Trout and Salmon Foundation helped Atlantic Salmon Federation fund the Blackstone Brook Fish Passage Project that reconnects an extensive portion of the Blackstone Brook drainage with the main stem of the Piscataquis River in central Maine by removing a gory 12×20 concrete box culvert and replacing it with a 42 foot steel bridge.   Poor fish passage at dams,…

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The Rexburg Standard Journal (Idaho) published news of TSF’s investment in Henry’s Fork Foundation’s efforts to restore and repair Harriman Canal. In 2015, TSF made a $5,000 grant to Henry’s Fork Foundation for repair of the canal and to install a fish screen at the point of diversion from the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River. HFF Executive Director Brandon Hoffner is…

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Trout Unlimited and Wood River Land Trust recently released the results of their Big Wood River research project. The research project will guide future restoration decisions on the Big Wood River and is an excellent example of the type of research that supports many of the in-stream projects that receive grants from the Trout and Salmon Foundation. In 2015, TSF made a grant…

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