BRIDGEPORT, Wash. (AP) -- The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation have reached agreement with a federal agency and a utility to share costs for building a new fish hatchery in north-central Washington.

The estimated $43 million Chief Joseph Hatchery will focus on supporting the recovery of Columbia River spring chinook salmon. The Bonneville Power Administration and Grant County Public Utility District will share the cost with the Colville tribe.

The hatchery is part of a 2008 agreement under which federal agencies and tribes pledged to work together toward salmon recovery by upgrading fish passage over federal dams, restoring habitat and utilizing hatcheries.

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