Pierce County Receives Grants to Fund Salmon Recovery Projects

Pierce County will use $229,621 of the grant to restore the Puyallup River floodplain at a location called South Fork, north of Orting

Pierce County will receive nearly $1.1 million to improve and protect salmon habitat.

The grants were awarded to the county and other local organizations by the state’s Salmon Recovery Funding Board, which approved more than $19 million for salmon recovery projects throughout the state.

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