Rep. Schrier Secures $220 Million in Federal Infrastructure Funding for Howard Hanson Fish Passage Project

WASHINGTON, DC – Today Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) announced that she has secured $220 million in federal infrastructure funding for the long-needed downstream fish passage at the Howard Hanson Dam. Rep. Schrier has been pushing for this funding since taking office and led a delegation letter in November urging that this project be funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

 “I am thrilled to hear that the downstream fish passage project at Howard Hanson Dam is slated for a whopping $220M in infrastructure funding. I’ve been working with stakeholders across the 8th district to ensure this critical project be included in funding from our infrastructure package,” said Rep. Schrier. “This stands to do more for Chinook salmon populations than any other project to date. And that is something Washingtonian care deeply about.”

This morning the White House announced over 300 U.S. Army Corps of Engineering projects that have been funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. And the Howard Hanson Dam project is one of the largest projects announced today.

Earlier this month Rep. Schrier testified in front of the water infrastructure subcommittee for the second year in a row urging them to consider funding the fish passage project as part of the Water Resources Development Act, a water bill that is passed every year by Congress. Last November Rep. Schrier led a delegation letter urging the Army Corps to prioritize Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for the fish passage project. In February, 2020, Rep. Schrier led the entire bipartisan Washington delegation in sending a letter to the Army Corps requesting the next phase of the Howard Hanson Dam project be funded as part of the Corps’ 2020 year work plan.