Projects in Clallam and Jefferson counties have been awarded $2.1 million as part of a state Department of Fish and Wildlife and state Recreation and Conservation Office program.

In total, the agencies announced $14.6 million in grants for a suite of projects to protect and improve estuaries, shorelines and other near-shore habitat in Puget Sound.

The grants are from the Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program, which provides funding and technical assistance to projects that restore and conserve near-shore areas in Puget Sound, according to a press release. The goal is to ensure the state’s estuaries, river deltas, bluffs, beaches and bays are intact, functioning and resilient to climate change.

“The areas close to shore are very important for a variety of animals that live on the shorel

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