A new cannabis industry-led program has launched to control sediment and restore watersheds across Northern California, the nonprofit Cannabis for Conservation said Thursday. The Arcata-based organization is dedicated to conserving wildlife and restoring habitats in cannabis-impacted areas. It recently received a grant from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to implement the Sediment Reduction on Cannabis Farms in Priority Northern Watersheds program starting this month. According to CFC, over the next three years the program will support projects on over 40 privately-owned properties in watersheds that feed into the Eel, Mad, Trinity and Mattole rivers. The goal of the program is to reduce harmful sediment production and restore degraded watersheds, CFC said. All the areas to be served through the project have been impacted by cannabis cultivation and rural development. … The CFC grant was awarded through the CDFW’s Cannabis Restoration Grant Program, which is funded through cannabis tax revenue.