Author: Pat Byington

USFWS Director Martha Williams (center holding sign) with local officials and wildlife staff at the Springville road crossing. (Pat Byington/Bham Now) This week, US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Director Martha Williams visited Springville, AL to celebrate a successful fish passage project. While in Springville, he announced that the USFWS will fund new projects to support the movement of fish around dams, culverts, levees and other barriers that divide waterways across the country. More than $70 million for 43 different projects in 29 states, including a dam removal project in Elba, Alabama will be funded by 2024 by the Bipartisan…