19 tribes are suing Washington State over the slow pace of repairing culverts that block salmon from reachhing their spawning grounds.
By the state’s count, more than 1,800 fish barriers associated with state highways block more than 3,000 miles of potential stream habitat. The Legislature has funded culvert replacement since 1991, but the pace of construction is such that it could take up to 100 years to fix the problems. And that does not include county roads, which are not part of the lawsuit.
LINK (Via:The Kitsap Sun)