Climate solutions provider 3Degrees has announced that Microsoft will purchase over 80,000 metric tons of carbon removals from Western Rivers Conservancy's Blue Creek Improved Forest Management Project located in Northern California.

Managed by Western Rivers Conservancy (WRC), the project will also provide funding to create the Blue Creek Forest and Salmon Sanctuary, which is part of a larger effort to conserve 47,000 acres of temperate rainforest by repatriating the land to the Yurok Tribe. The revenue generated from the sale of carbon credits has helped enable WRC to purchase the Yurok's ancestral lands and donate it back to the Tribe.

"We are pleased that 3Degrees is providing carbon removals that meet our quality criteria," stated Brian Marrs, senior director of energy and carbon removal at Microsoft. “Microsoft's purchase of carbon removal credits from this project supports our near-term climate goals via a diversified portfolio of carbon removal."

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