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WALLA WALLA – Tri-State Steeheaders will receive a grant of $4.7 million from the Recreation and Conservation Office for fish passage improvements in Mill Creek. 

“This funding will allow us to nearly complete fish passage treatments in the concrete section of Mill Creek,” said Steelheaders’ Executive Director Brian Burns. 

The grant will fund work at four sites in Mill Creek: 1) Roosevelt St, 2) between Spokane and Park Streets, 3) between 3rd and 6th Avenues, 4) and in the non-concrete channel above Roosevelt St. The work between 3rd and 6th will include a partnership with the C...