Humboldt County is at the top of a list of grant funding for marine habitat restoration projects that support wetland, riparian and coastal habitat restoration.

The National Association of Counties, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Community-based Restoration Program announced the awards Thursday, which total more than $300,000 to five community-led projects.

Humboldt County will receive $100,000 for the county’s Public Works Department to restore upstream fish passage on Indian Creek by removing a box culvert that currently serves as a barrier to migrating juvenile and adult salmon.

Replacing the culvert and restoring habitat on Indian Creek will afford access to upstream spawning and rearing habitat and reduce sediment delivery into the larger Mattole River.