Washington Removes Barriers, Improves Fish Passage

Photograph courtesy of Washington State Department of Transportation

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is currently improving the traffic flow for a number of Western Washington residents. Yet these residents don’t use the roadways; instead they travel in the streams flowing beneath the state’s roadways and bridges. Just as improperly designed roadways result in backups or accidents when there are too many cars on the road, so too can improperly designed culverts impend a fish’s passage downstream or upstream — and in the worst case, lead to their death. Read more…