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Fish passage is the ability of fish or other aquatic species to move freely throughout their life to find food, reproduce, and complete their natural migration cycles. Millions of barriers to fish passage across the country are fragmenting habitat and leading to species declines. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Passage Program is working to reconnect watersheds to benefit both wildlife and people.

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Healthy Rivers, Communities, and Economies
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Healthy Rivers, Communities, and Economies

Barriers in streams such as dams and undersized culverts can inhibit or block the ability of fish and other aquatic organisms to carry out their lifecycles and access key habitats. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Fish Passage Program works with partners across the country to...

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What is Fish Passage?
Fish passage is the ability of fish or other aquatic species to move throughout an aquatic system among all habitats necessary to complete their life cycle.
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Habitat Restoration
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Find a National Fish Passage Program project in your neighborhood.
Find a National Fish Passage project in your neighborhood. The National Fish Passage Program works with local communities on a voluntary basis to restore rivers and conserve our nation’s aquatic resources by removing or bypassing in-stream barriers.
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Habitat Restoration
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Get Involved in the National Fish Passage Program
The National Fish Passage Program provides financial and technical assistance for projects that improve the ability of fish or other aquatic species to migrate by reconnecting habitat that has been fragmented by a barrier such as a dam or culvert. 
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Habitat Restoration
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Threatened and Endangered Species
Here you can find resources from across the Fish and Wildlife Service about threatened or endangered species.
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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Fish Passage
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is providing funding to the National Fish Passage Program: The program works to restore degraded and fragmented aquatic habitats, which decreases public safety hazards and improves infrastructure resilience by reducing flood risks, removing obsolete dams, and...
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