Fifty miles of river for spawning, rearing habitat will be opened. The project will fund final design to allow the silvery minnow to reach perennial habitat upstream of the dam. Gulf of Mexico, National Wildlife Refuges Bayou Flow Improvement, TX - Channelization, leveeing and other water control structures have stopped the use of these wetland by fish and other marine animals. Water control structures on 4 Refuges will be retrofitted to allow access to about 10,000 acres of marsh. NE - The Missouri River's severely altered habitat has negatively impacted many of its fish species.
Tributaries provide important refuge areas.
Some of these tributaries are blocked by low head dams or weirs. Fish passage structures will be built to benefit pallid sturgeon, paddlefish, sicklefin, and sturgeon chubs. The Army Corps of Engineers will conduct a cost benefit study to determine if these structures are worth maintaining or should be removed. Swepsonville Dam, NC - Breeching or removal of the dam will open 11 miles of Haw River habitat, plus 247 miles of tributaries for the endangered Cape Fear shiner and other fish. MD - In partnership with Maryland DNR and the Patuxent National Wildlife Refuge four culverts will be modified.