National Fish Habitat Partnership Announces 2023 Waters to Watch Projects

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Nearly $1.6 Million Contributed to NFHP Conservation Projects Through U.S. Open Events

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FLOW: The Chipola River Story

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2015 Report on Nation’s Waterways Provides Insight into Habitat Changes

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Beyond the Pond

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ABOUT THE NATIONAL FISH HABITAT PARTNERSHIP

The National Fish Habitat Action Plan, codified by Title II of America’s Conservation Enhancement Act (PL 116-188), is an unprecedented attempt to address an unseen crisis for fish nationwide: loss and degradation of their watery homes.

Big Lake, located in the fast-developing Mat-Su Basin, is a large well populated and heavily recreated lake in the growing community of Big Lake just west of the City of Wasilla. The lake itself, with 26 miles of shoreline, and two streams in its basin, are used by spawning sockeye and coho salmon each year, and host resident populations of Dolly Varden, Rainbow Trout, and other fish.
Spread Creek, located outside of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, traverses through relatively pristine National Forest and National Park lands before joining the Upper Snake River approximately 15 miles below Jackson Dam. Spread Creek showcases a diversity of life histories for native Snake River Cutthroat (Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout subspecies) trout important to the resilience of the population and species into the future. The lower section serves as a migration corridor for large, fluvial fish, while the upper portion of Spread Creek serves as important spawning and rearing habitat for fluvial fish and year-round habitat for resident fish.
For over 60 years, the San Joaquin River saw no adult spring-run Chinook Salmon make their annual migration from the ocean to spawn – the fish had been cut-off from their native spawning grounds by Friant Dam and subsequent water diversions that dried up over 60 miles of channel. Chinook Salmon runs had been extirpated from the San Joaquin River upstream of the Merced River confluence. But all of that changed in 2019 when the San Joaquin River Restoration Program (SJRRP) documented its first returning adult spring-run Chinook.

Our Partnerships

  • Ohio River Basin Fish Habitat Partnership
  • California Fish Passage Forum
  • Reservoir Fisheries Habitat Partnership
  • Kenai Peninsula Fish Habitat Partnership
  • Midwest Glacial Lakes Partnership
  • Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership
  • Great Plains Fish Habitat Partnership
  • Pacific Lamprey Conservation Initiative
  • Driftless Area Restoration Effort
  • Southwest Alaska Salmon Habitat Partnership
  • Fishers & Farmers Partnership
  • Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture
  • Western Native Trout Initiative
  • Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership
  • Desert Fish Habitat Partnership
  • Matanuska Susitna Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership
  • Hawaii Fish Habitat Partnership
  • Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership
  • Southeast Alaska Fish Habitat Partnership
  • Great Lakes Basin Fish Habitat Partnership

Recent News

The America’s Conservation Enhancement Act Reauthorization Introduced in the U.S. Senate

(Washington, DC) – On Friday, February 9, the America’s Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Reauthorization Act was introduced in the Senate...

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National Fish Habitat Board Submits FY23 Report to Congress

The National Fish Habitat Board submitted the attached report to Congress on January 31, 2024. The report highlights the progress of the...

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National Fish Habitat Board Elects Four New Members and Vice-Chair

(Washington, DC) – The National Fish Habitat Board (Board) held their first meeting of 2024 on February 6. The primary order of business for...

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