Fish passage is set to improve in the Northwest with an investment from Congress s bipartisan infrastructure law. The Biden administration has announced its first round of grants totaling $196 million to fix or remove culverts across the country. Culverts channel water under structures like roadways, but can be barriers to fish who use streams and rivers. .
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Forest Service to look again at the effectiveness of road closures in Montana s Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest. Advocates said the closures are not effective and may be harming grizzly bears. .
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In Western Pennsylvania, communities are continuing to reel from the Norfolk Southern derailment nearly six months ago, but the railroad recently has committed $1-million to aid ongoing recovery efforts. The community relief funds of $660,000 was distributed to the rural communities of Darlington Township and $340,000 went to Lawrence County. Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw explained the additional funding brings the railroad s total financial commitment in Western Pennsylvania to approximately $8.6-million. .
More than 300 ranchers, tribal members, conservationists, researchers, federal and state agency officials gathered in Cheyenne last week to find ways to safeguard and restore the nation s grasslands. Aviva Glaser, senior director of agriculture policy for the National Wildlife Federation, said grasslands are critical for rural economies and wildlife. However, in just the past few decades, millions of acres have been severely degraded or lost altogether. .