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Microsoft announced the purchase of 80,000 Tons of Carbon tons of carbon removals from the Northern California-based Western Rivers Conservancy’s Blue Creek Improved Forest Management Project, facilitated by climate solutions provider 3Degrees.
Managed by Oregon-based non-profit conservation organization, Western Rivers Conservancy (WRC), the project generates carbon and sustainable timber revenue, rejuvenating old-growth habitat and improving the health of the Blue Creek watershed. The WRC has purchased 47,097-acres along Blue Creek in Northern California, with nearly 15,000 acres currently being conserved as a salmon sanctuary with protection from harvesting, and the remainder managed as a tribal community forest with limited sustainable harvesting, with a carbon project on nearly 15,000 acres.
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