Seven projects will help restore tidal wetland and spruce swamp habitats, control invasive plant species and improve the quality of habitat for seabirds, wildlife and fish throughout the Columbia River watershed.

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Columbia Land Trust

Service pilot-biologist Ray Bentley, 52, and biologist Dave Pitkin, 49, were killed when their plane crashed January 17th near Corvallis, Oregon. The two biologists were participating in the mid-winter inventory of waterfowl along the coast and were returning to Corvallis when the crash occurred.

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Totten Inlet Estuarine Habitat Acquisition in Puget Sound, Washington received more than $530,000 of the Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grants announced on December 29 by Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar. This project includes intact pocket estuary, 1,400 feet of undeveloped coastal shoreline, forested estuarine wetlands, a pocket estuary with bay mouth spit, and feeder fluffs. Partners include the Service, Squaxin Island Tribe, Taylor Shellfish Farms, Capitol Land Trust, Salmon Recovery Board, Washington Department of Ecology, and the Pacific Coast Joint Venture.

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Hakalau Forest NWR Repair Akala Barn
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Where: Hawaii

What's Happening: The Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $584,981 contract to WTD Holdings, Inc., a commercial and institutional building contractor in Alpharetta, Ga. to replace a mission-critical storage facility originally constructed in 1930. This project will create at least 10 jobs and will replace the existing 4,400-square foot storage facility with a modern structure. The new Pua Akala barn, used for storage on the Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, will be built near the refuge's administrative site, where power and water are readily available. While the building itself will be supplied by the Georgia contractor, local companies (mostly from Hawaii) will be providing quarry and concrete materials, site testing, catchment tanks, equipment rental, dumpsters, and other building materials, as well as ship, air, and ground transportation. The facility is expected to be completed in April.

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