The FY 2025 Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF) aims to bolster state and tribal efforts in salmon restoration, focusing on projects that deliver measurable benefits to Pacific salmon and steelhead species and their habitats. The program supports conservation initiatives to recover threatened or endangered populations, maintain tribal treaty and subsistence fishing rights, and enhance ecosystem resilience in the face of climate hazards.

Priority One: Habitat Improvement:
Focuses on restoring self-sustaining ecosystem functions through projects like floodplain reconnection, riparian restoration, and natural river-channel migration. Includes planning and design work directly linked to habitat restoration.

Priority Two: Monitoring and Assessment:
Supports watershed-scale monitoring of habitat restoration impacts and population trends, including life cycle studies, stock assessments, and restoration planning to inform ESA-listed population recovery.

Priority Three: Capacity Building:
Enhances state and tribal capacity for salmon recovery through project planning, outreach, engagement with underserved communities, and integrating Indigenous Knowledge into conservation strategies.

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Federal Agency: Department of Commerce

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