Blue Forest, a nonprofit conservation finance organization, announces it has joined the Sierra Institute for Community and Environment, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Pacific Gas and Electric Co., California Department of Water Resources and the Sierra Nevada Conservancy to launch the North Feather I Forest Resilience Bond. This bond represents a strategic alignment of organizations and governmental agencies to finance the acceleration of forest restoration activities, known as treatments, bringing a comprehensive approach to address wildfire and watershed risks in California, says Blue Forest. 

Other forest restoration news:

• Action News Now (Chico, Calif.): United States Forest Service investing $500,000 into two projects for the Pacific Southwest Region