Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (Annual Appropriations, IIJA Funds, and IRA Funds)

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NOAA announces the availability of Federal funding, authorized pursuant to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Pub. L. 117-58 (November 15, 2021) (hereinafter, the “Bipartisan Infrastructure Law” or “BIL”); Inflation Reduction Act (hereinafter, the “IRA”), Pub. L. 117-169 (August 16, 2022); Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act, Pub. L. 118-15 (September 30, 2023); and the Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024, Pub. L. 118–15 (November 16, 2023), for necessary expenses associated with the restoration of Pacific salmon populations. The Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF) program makes such funding available to the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and federally recognized Tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast (including Alaska) for projects necessary for the conservation of salmon and steelhead populations listed as threatened or endangered, or identified by a State as at-risk to be so-listed; for maintaining populations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights or native subsistence fishing; or for the conservation of Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat. This announcement outlines the priorities and guidelines that will be used to award funding to eligible entities.

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