SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state is under a federal court order to fix hundreds of barriers built under state roads and highways that block access for migrating salmon and thus interfere with ...

The state of Washington is on the hook for removing hundreds of fish barriers over the next 12 years following a June decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. The ruling let a lower court’s decision stand, ...

Local leaders and elected officials are welcoming the opportunity to use recently earmarked federal dollars to fix fish culverts across King County that currently present a barrier to salmon migration ...

Fish need to move to find food, escape predators and reach suitable habitat for reproduction. Too often, however, human activities get in the way. Dams, weirs and culverts (the tunnels and drains ...

A Nova Scotia man who fishes in the Minas Basin says he routinely sees the harm that faulty culverts cause fish. In some cases, Darren Porter says, the results are deadly. Porter, a commercial ...

A Highway 3 closure at Sunnyslope Road that led to detours for more than two weeks in June has concluded.

Salmon, steelhead and other aquatic species are expected to gain access to nearly two more miles of natural habitat in Skagit ...