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May 23, 2017

Court decision means state may have to pay $2B to remove culverts

  • The state argued that replacing some culverts won't help salmon due to upstream blockages.
    • By PHUONG LE
    Associated Press

    SEATTLE — Washington state lost a major legal battle Friday, which could force it spend nearly $2 billion to restore salmon habitat by removing barriers that block fish migration.

    A panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last year affirmed a lower court's 2013 ruling ordering the state to fix or replace hundreds of culverts — large pipes that allow streams to pass beneath roads but block migrating salmon.


     
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