A major new restoration initiative is launching across Northern California to protect imperiled aquatic species and improve the health of sediment-impaired watersheds historically impacted by cannabis cultivation and rural development. The project, Sediment Reduction on Cannabis Farms in Priority Northern Watersheds, is funded through the California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife’s Cannabis Restoration Grant Program, and was awarded to Cannabis for Conservation (CFC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose programs conserve wildlife and restore habitats in cannabis-impacted landscapes. The project will reduce harmful sediment production and restore degraded watercourses across the Mattole, Eel, Mad, and Trinity River watersheds. These vital river systems are home to some of California’s most threatened and endangered species, including Coho and Chinook Salmon, Northern California steelhead, and newly proposed northwestern pond turtle.