News release: Yuba Water commits $6.5 million to improving forest health and reducing wildfire risk
Yuba Water Agency’s board of directors took bold action to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire and advance landscape-scale forest restoration in the Yuba River watershed. In two separate actions, the board approved $6.5 million in funding for forest restoration projects as part of the North Yuba Forest Partnership. The partnership is a diverse group of nine organizations working collaboratively to plan, finance and implement forest restoration across 275,000 acres of private and public land spanning Sierra and Yuba counties and two national forests.