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Lower Yellowstone River Native Fish Conservation Act ensures federal control over fish bypass channel.

The Lower Yellowstone River Native Fish Conservation Act reaffirms the federal government's exclusive ownership, operational control, and financial responsibility for the Lower Yellowstone Fish Bypass Channel. This engineered fish passage channel, constructed to facilitate the migration of pallid sturgeon and other native fish species around the Intake Diversion Dam, is federally mandated under the Endangered Species Act.