Project Title: BIA Fish Hatchery Operations
Recipient: Bureau of Indian Affairs
Amount: $12,000,000
Location: Nationwide

Purpose: This programmatic request will be used to repair and restore aging hatchery facilities across the country.

Importance: Tribal hatcheries have an important role in maintaining and protecting wild salmon stock. This funding will help to ensure the safe and effective operation of these hatcheries which are vital to tribes across the country.

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Project Title: City of Blaine Wastewater Treatment Relocation Project
Recipient: City of Blaine
Amount: $1,000,000
Location: Blaine, Washington

Purpose: The City of Blaine would utilize this funding to continue progress on a new wastewater treatment plant.

Importance: The wastewater treatment plant is necessary in order for the City of Blaine to adapt to changing water treatment technology, support the growth of the surrounding community, and meet increasing state and federal water quality requirements. In addition to creating direct construction jobs, this project also maintains vital economic opportunities for the region.

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Project Title: City of Edgewood Commercial District Sewer Project
Recipient: City of Edgewood
Amount: $1,000,000
Location: King and Pierce Counties, Washington

Purpose: With this funding, the City of Edgewood will build new sewer mainlines and three pump stations.

Importance: With virtually no sewer service, this project will ensure access to a sewer system for resident while mitigating environmental risks by reducing the number of septic systems.

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Project Title: City of Fircrest Sewer Replacement Project
Recipient: City of Fircrest
Amount: $1,000,000
Location: Fircrest, WA

Purpose: The City of Fircrest would utilize this funding to replace aging, deteriorating clay sewer lines.

Importance: The project will increase public health and safety by ensuring reliability of the city’s sewer system and will allow for future residential growth and economic development.

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Project Title: City of Union Gap South Broadway Water and Sewer Project
Recipient: City of Union Gap
Amount: $1,000,000
Location: Union Gap, Washington

Purpose:  This funding would allow the City of Union gap to design and expand water and sewer service in the South Broadway area of Union Gap, where most citizens still use domestic water from shallow wells and dispose of sewage with on-site septic systems.

Importance: In addition to providing direct jobs in the construction industry, this project will ensure access to a water and sewer system for residents while mitigating environmental risks by reducing the number of shallow wells and septic systems in use in the region.

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Project Title: City of Walla Walla Water Treatment Plant Upgrade
Recipient:
Amount: $500,000
Location: Walla Walla, Washington

Purpose:  This funding would allow the City of Walla Walla to construct an essential upgrade to the city’s drinking water treatment plant.

Importance:  In addition to keeping local water rates affordable, this funding would protect the community’s water supply from a dangerous water-borne pathogen that can cause severe gastrointestinal illness.

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Project Title: Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
Recipient: Environmental Protection Agency
Amount:  $3,900,000,000
Location: Nationwide

Purpose:  This programmatic request for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund will capitalize on state clean water and drinking water loan programs which in turn fund water quality protection projects for wastewater treatment, pollution control, and watershed and estuary management, as well as funding public water system infrastructure improvement projects.

Importance: This funding is vital to help communities continue to make important safety and efficiency upgrades to their water infrastructure without resorting to higher user fees.  This funding is critical for the future growth and economic development of regions all across the country.

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Project Title: Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program
Recipient: United States Forest Service
Amount:  $40,000,000
Location: Nationwide

Purpose:  This programmatic request for the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program funds collaborative, science-based solutions to the most critical forest health problems across the country.

Importance: Millions of acres of publicly-owned forests are in poor health, putting people and the environment at risk. Forest treatments funded by the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program reduce fire risks, restore forest health, build the forest’s resilience to climate change, and stimulate the local economy.

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Project Title: Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Economic Development Program
Recipient: The Columbia River Gorge Bi-State Advisory Committee
Amount:  $1,900,000
Location: Clark and Skamania Counties, Washington

Purpose:  The Columbia River Gorge Bi-State Advisory Committee would utilize this funding to continue economic development in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, including support of local businesses.

Importance: In addition to supporting infrastructure projects in the Gorge area, this funding will leverage jobs, including in the renewable energy, aerospace, high-tech, health care, and wine industries.

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Project Title:  Beacon Hill Sewer District Water System Upgrades
Recipient:       Beacon Hill Sewer District
Amount:         $400,000
Location:         Cowlitz County, WA

Purpose:  With this programmatic, technical correction, Beacon Hill Sewer District will be able to replace an aging pump station, replace a concrete water reservoir, and upgrade the water supply system serving Cowlitz County residents.

Importance:  This project would improve public health and safety by ensuring the continuation of water supply service to customers, providing adequate fire flows at all locations within the zone, and creating construction jobs for the upgrades.

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Project Title: Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve
Recipient: Trust Board of Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve
Amount: $3,000,000
Location: Island County, Washington

Purpose: With this funding, the Trust Board of Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve will acquire development rights on more than 800 acres of farmland.

Importance: In addition to protecting this land on Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve from subdivision and development, this funding will also make the area more accessible to the public by connecting existing trail corridors.

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Project Title: Green Cities Regional Urban Forest Restoration Project
Recipient: United States Forest Service
Amount:  $1,000,000
Location: Seattle and Tacoma, Washington

Purpose:  The U.S. Forest Service would utilize this funding to eliminate invasive species and protect water quality in the Puget Sound region.

Importance: In addition to providing important environmental benefits by eliminating damaging invasive species, this program also makes urban parks safer and increases use, resulting in improved human health and well-being.

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Project Title: Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail
Recipient: National Park Service
Amount:  $250,000
Location: Adams, Benton, Clark, Cowlitz, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pacific, Pend Oreille, Skamania, Yakima, Wahkiakum, Walla Walla, and Whitman Counties, Washington

Purpose:  Using this funding, the National Park Service will collaborate with state and federal agencies and other organizations to create a management and interpretation plan for the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail.

Importance: In addition to serving as an important recreational resource for Eastern Washington, the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail serves as an economic driver in the region by creating family-wage jobs in the tourism and hospitality industries.

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Project Title: Lake Roosevelt Management
Recipient: Spokane Tribe of Indians and the Colville Tribe
Amount: $630,000
Location: Ferry, Lincoln, and Stevens Counties, Washington

Purpose:  This funding would enable both the Spokane Tribe of Indians and the Colville Tribe to employ law enforcement officers to patrol Lake Roosevelt and its shoreline to enforce federal laws as well as tribal health and safety laws. 

Importance:  These funds would play a direct role in maintaining public safety while ensuring safe and secure access to the Grand Coulee Dam and Lake Roosevelt.

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Project Name:  Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Program
Recipient: United States Forest Service
Amount: $100,000,000
Location: Nationwide

Purpose:  This programmatic request would be used to address the problem of deteriorating, unmaintained Forest Service roads that contribute to the backlog of maintenance needs.

Importance:  In addition to increased watershed health and resiliency, millions of taxpayer dollars will be saved over the long-term by reducing maintenance and mitigation costs by reducing the overall road infrastructure on Forest Service lands.

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Project Title: Lower Columbia River Toxics Reduction and Pollution Abatement
Recipient: Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership
Amount:  $2,500,000
Location:  Southwest Washington and Northwest Oregon

Purpose: This funding would be used to implement pollution abatement projects aimed at reducing toxic pollutants in water, sediment, wildlife, and fish along the lower 146 miles of the Columbia River.

Importance: Continued efforts to reduce toxics and pollution in the lower Columbia River and to restore ecosystem health would benefit recovery of the commercial fishing industry, assist with salmon recovery efforts, and contribute to the economies of local communities.

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Project Title: Mason County PUD Water System Replacement
Recipient: Mason County Public Utility District
Amount: $600,000
Location: Hoodsport, Washington

Purpose: Mason County Public Utility District will utilize this funding to complete rehabilitation of the Canal Mutual water system.

Importance: In addition to providing much-needed improvements in drinking-water quality and water system capacity, the water system replacement project will help spur economic growth in the county and will provide affordable drinking water for the predominantly low- to moderate-income residents served by the system.

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Project Title:  Monitoring and Detection for Aquatic Invasive Species in the Columbia River Basin
Recipient:  Washington State University
Amount:  $750,000
Location:  Vancouver, WA

Purpose:  This funding would be used to expand current capabilities to detect aquatic invasive species, including zebra mussels, in the Columbia River Basin.

Importance:  Monitoring and early detection is essential for preventing an invasion of zebra mussels or other invasive species into the Columbia River Basin, which would have extensive negative ecological and economic impacts to the area.

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Project Title: Mt. Rainier National Park
Recipient: National Parks Service
Amount: $2,500,000
Location: King, Pierce and Thurston Counties, Washington

Purpose: The National Parks Service would utilize this funding to acquire the largest non-federal property remaining within Mr. Rainier National Park.

Importance: Acquisition of these lands would result in enhanced protection of the natural ecosystems of the Park, greater protection of local watersheds, and improved conservation of threatened and endangered species.

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Project Name: National Estuary Program
Recipient:  National Estuary Program
Amount:  $27,233,000
Location:  Nationwide

Purpose:  This programmatic request would be used to continue support for the 28 National Estuary Programs nationwide which protect nationally significant estuaries by bringing together diverse parties to identify problems, define actions to address these problems, and implement these actions.

Importance:  In addition to other National Estuary Programs nationwide, funding will support the Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership, which works to restore conditions on the Lower Columbia River through habitat restoration, toxics reduction, and environmental education projects.

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Project Title: Novel Migratory Fish Transport and Aggregation System
Recipient: Picker Technologies
Amount: $3,200,000
Location: King, Kittitas, and Skamania Counties, Washington

Purpose: This funding would be utilized to further develop fish transport technology to enhance the natural migration patterns of fish, despite the presence of man-made obstacles such as dams, to further restoration efforts of endangered salmon stocks.

Importance: Next-generation fish transport technology has the potential to greatly enhance the ability of salmon to negotiate salmon ladders. In addition to the positive environmental effects of enhanced salmon migration, this funding could assist in salmon stock restoration to support the Washington state fishing industry, strengthening jobs in the region.

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Project Title: Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail
Recipient: United States Forest Service
Amount:  $3,000,000      
Location: Wenatchee and Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forests

Purpose:  This funding would allow the U.S. Forest Service to acquire parcels of land on  the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail that runs along the entire West Coast.

Importance:  Acquisition of these parcels would increase environmental protection, reduce land management complexities, and ensure the continued safe recreational use of the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail.

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Project Title: Plant Biotechnology Research
Recipient: Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research
Amount:  $1,000,000
Location: Nationwide

Purpose:   This funding would further the Consortium’s research efforts, which supports biotechnology and renewable energy market development, as well as support the transfer of technologies in order to create economic development.

Importance: The commercialization of academic research findings has the potential to improve the competitiveness of U.S. agriculture and forestry and to develop new renewable energy industries. In Washington state, this funding would aid the agriculture and forestry industries in becoming more competitive and would create jobs as new technologies become commercialized.

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Project Title: Puget Sound Partnership        
Recipient: Environmental Protection Agency
Amount: $50,000,000
Location: Puget Sound Basin, Washington

Purpose: This funding would be used to implement the Puget Sound Action Agenda to further efforts to restore the Puget Sound ecosystem.

Importance: Puget Sound faces considerable environmental challenges such as water pollution, increased toxicity, and sharp declines in the population of fish and wildlife. This funding would allow the Puget Sound Partnership to collaborate with federal, state, local, and private resources to begin to address these significant problems.

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Project Title: Skagit County Public Utility District Improvements
Recipient: Skagit County Public Utility District
Amount: $750,000
Location: Mount Vernon, Washington

Purpose: With this programmatic, technical correction, Skagit County Public Utility District will be able to utilize this funding to make important infrastructure upgrades.

Importance: In addition to keeping utility rates affordable, this funding will allow the Public Utility District to ensure the health and safety of the local community.

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Project Title: Skokomish Watershed Checkerboard
Recipient: United States Forest Service
Amount: $1,200,000
Location: Mason County, Washington

Purpose: The U.S. Forest Service would utilize this funding to acquire 640 acres of land in the Skokomish Watershed within the Olympic National Forest.

Importance: Acquisition of these parcels will ensure protection of valuable wildlife habitat, improve habitat connectivity, enhance recreational activities and reduce land management complexities.

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Project Title: Soos Creek Sewer Lift Station Replacement
Recipient: Soos Creek Water and Sewer District
Amount: $1,000,000
Location: Covington, Washington

Purpose:  Soos Creek Water and Sewer District would utilize this funding to install a pump station and sewer lines to replace the station, which is deteriorated and, if left unrepaired, could spill untreated wastewater into Jenkins Creek. 

Importance:  The replacement station would reduce the threat of spilling untreated wastewater into a salmon-bearing creek and provide updated wastewater services to ensure water quality for local citizens.

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Project Title: Sound Future
Recipient: University of Washington
Amount: $1,100,000
Location: Seattle, Washington

Purpose:  This funding would be used to increase public engagement in and awareness of the health of the fragile Puget Sound ecosystem.

Importance: In addition to providing environmental education and outreach to citizens, this funding would further the protection of the Puget Sound, which plays an enormous role in the economic well-being of the region.

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Project Title: Timber-Fish-Wildlife Program
Recipient: Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
Amount:  $1,740,000
Location: Statewide

Purpose:  This funding would support tribal participation in the cooperative natural resource management efforts established by the Timber-Fish-Wildlife Agreement of 1987 and the Forests and Fish Report.

Importance: Throughout the Pacific Northwest, tribes co-manage natural resources with state and federal agencies, and this funding ensures that tribal participation continues as required through cooperative agreements and helps enhance and preserve the natural resources of Washington state.

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Project Title: Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge
Recipient: United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Amount: $2,500,000   
Location: Cheney, Washington

Purpose:  This funding would allow the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to acquire key parcels within the stewardship area surrounding the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge.

Importance:  Acquisition of these lands would result in enhanced protection of the natural ecosystems of the Refuge, greater protection of local watersheds, and improved conservation of threatened and endangered species.

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Project Title: Upper Columbia United Tribes
Recipient:  Upper Columbia United Tribes
Amount:  $500,000
Location: Spokane, WA

Purpose: This funding would be used to support the Colville, Kalispel, Spokane, Coeur d’Alene, and Kootenai Tribes to fulfill federal, natural resources management mandates primarily focused on fish and wildlife habitat protection and restoration, and fish and wildlife population. management.

Importance: Funding would support fulfillment of federal mandates, while also supporting  jobs in areas of Washington state that have historically high unemployment rates.

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Project Name: Urban Indian Health Clinics
Recipient: Urban Indian Health Programs
Amount: $45,502,000
Location: Nationwide

Purpose:  This is a programmatic increase request that would support the thirty-four Urban Indian Health Centers across the U.S. that provide culturally appropriate health services to many Native Americans, including primary care as well as outreach and referral services. 

Importance:  This vital program is necessary to meet the health needs of Native Americans living in urban areas, and specifically is important for Washington state which houses two of these programs: the Seattle Indian Health Board in Seattle and the NATIVE project in Spokane.

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Project Name: U.S.- Canada Pacific Salmon Treaty
Recipient: Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission, Metlakatla Indian Community
Amount: $4,700,000
Location: Throughout West Coast and Alaska

Purpose:  This is a programmatic increase request that would support tribal participation in the U.S.- Canada Pacific Salmon Treaty, created in 1985 through the cooperative efforts of the tribes, state governments, United States and Canadian governments and sport commercial fishing interests.

Importance:  Funds allocated to the U.S.-Canada Pacific Salmon Treaty foster collaboration between tribes and other regional, state, and federal entities, and support applied research, data gathering, and monitoring efforts that advance the overall salmon management as required by the treaty.

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Project Title: Washington Cascade Ecosystems
Recipient: United States Forest Service
Amount: $4,000,000
Location: Wenatchee and Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forests

Purpose:  This funding would be used to purchase and acquire parcels in the central Cascades for the Forest Service.

Importance:  Acquisition of these parcels will ensure protection of valuable wildlife habitat, improve habitat connectivity, enhance recreational activities and reduce land management complexities.