Bay Area tech giant helping restore a major Calif. floodplain
Nearly 1,600 acres of land used as rice fields north of Sacramento could one day become public land, after a huge restoration project funded partly by big tech. Apple is among the donors to the Dos Rios Norte project, an effort to restore a floodplain located where the Sacramento and Feather rivers meet that’s crucial to wildlife, the Sacramento Bee first reported. California conservation nonprofit River Partners is leading the efforts, with the goal of repairing the area habitat for the state’s native Chinook salmon population, threatened bird species and other wildlife species. The project aims to save around 7,000 acre-feet of water each year, among other environmental benefits. Apple would not disclose how much the company contributed to this project, but confirmed to SFGATE it has pledged more than $8 million since 2023 to California watershed projects, including this one.
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