The Yuba River Watershed is one of the only watersheds in California to be untouched by wildfires and they want to keep it that way. Construction can now move forward for a biomass plant that will help reduce the risk of wildfires after a funding vote was approved Tuesday by the Yuba Water Agency.  A project that has been trying to get going for a decade now has the green light. Its main purpose is to clean up the forest by taking woody debris and other fire fuel material and converting it into electrical energy for the grid.

Related wildfire/water/drought articles:

• Renewable Energy Magazine: Biomass Plant in California Headed for Construction With Financing From Yuba Water Agency
• KCRA Sacramento: Yuba Water Agency acts to reduce risk as wildfires burn across Northern California
• Sacramento Bee: The Park Fire is tearing through some of California’s last wild habitat for threatened salmon  
• The Cool Down: Researchers warn of threat expected to linger after California Park Fire — here’s how it could impact the country
• Colorado Sun: “Flash drought” in northern Colorado laid foundation for recent Front Range wildfires