And so the question becomes what happens to those other problems not mandated by a federal court — do those slow down or get cut in order to make room for the fish culverts? Washington state has ...

Washington state is receiving the largest sum of any state with $58 million. Many of the narrow passages known as culverts, often made from metal pipes or concrete, were built in the 1950s and ...

The culvert (fish passage work ... There’s been a lot of paving, but Washington State Department of Transportation’s (WSDOT) Cara Mitchell told me there’s still a lot left to do.

Much of that work is being done to help some fish. Washington state has been ordered by a judge to fix culverts running under our ever-expanding urban sprawl, to allow threatened salmon to reach ...

Even after the state removes its culverts, other downstream and upstream barriers continue to block fish passage and thwart Washington’s progress. Lawmakers looked to repay the bonds with ...

The Washington State Department of Transportation plans to remove five existing culverts from creeks around Sinclair Inlet between 2026 and 2029, similar to projects that have taken place on ...

But we know that we need a lot more. Fixing culverts in the state of Washington alone is costing the state many billions of dollars. So there’s more funding being allocated to the issue of ...

SEATTLE — As the Washington State Department of Transportation spends billions of dollars removing concrete and metal pipes that block spawning salmon, ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Tribes across Washington state are getting millions of dollars to clear blocked salmon culverts and passageways. Grants totaling $39.4 million from the National Oceanic ...

State Route 510 closed Thursday evening in Thurston County after a culvert failed under the roadway. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) closed both directions of the roadway ...

The state of Washington was reminded of its obligation to ensure salmon passage in a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld the deadline to repair 90% of its fish-blocking culverts.

A Senate plan for new borrowing to pay for the tear-out and replacement of pipes and other fish barriers ran into opposition from local governments and the governor. A 2018 photo shows a culvert ...