Final Lee Metcalf Barrier Removal EA with Appendices.pdf

This final Environmental Assessment presents a proposal to improve fish passage fish passage
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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and riparian riparian
Definition of riparian habitat or riparian areas.

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habitat on North Burnt Fork Creek as it passes through Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge.

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Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge is a representation of the diverse native wildlife habitat once found abundantly between the Bitterroot and Sapphire Mountains and along the ever-changing Bitterroot River.