Net Positive for Nature on National Forests
Across the West, lands are scarred with reminders of overuse and undermanagement. A century of fire suppression has resulted in unhealthy and overstocked forests. The cost to treat an acre of land can range from a few hundred dollars to tens of thousands of dollars. This leaves private landowners and government agencies faced with a financial limbo — who is paying for all of this and how?As the…
#Ranching, #Sustainability, #ClimateChange, #Carbon, #Sheep, #Olympics, #CarbonSequestration
A National-Scale Tree Volume, Biomass, and Carbon Modeling System for the United States
The Forest Inventory and Analysis Program developed a national methodology for compatible predictions of tree volume, biomass, and carbon content for species populating U.S. forest lands. This report serves as the primary reference for the outcome of those efforts and describes all the relevant aspects of the data, statistical modeling methods, and results.
#ResearchAndDevelopment, #Carbon, #CarbonStorage, Forest Inventory and Analysis
Climbing, carbon capture policies: What are your thoughts?
WASHINGTON, DC—We want to hear from you about two proposed rules and directives currently available for public comment. Forest Service employees, as members of the public, are welcome to submit formal comments through regulations.gov. Many of you have in-depth knowledge of the real-world impacts rules and directives can have. We…
directives, #Policy, #Climbing, #CarbonStorage, #Carbon, #Recreation
Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals From Forest Land, Woodlands, Urban Trees, and Harvested Wood Products in the United States, 1990–2021
This report details greenhouse gas emissions and removals as they relate to forested land in the United States.
#ClimateChange, #CarbonSequestration, #Carbon, greenhouse gas emissions
Study shows wood products markets reel long after hurricanes subside
Carbon storage increased and markets recovered fastest when stands were replanted soon after damaged logs were removed. (USDA Forest Service photo by Virginia McDaniel).
When Hurricane Michael made landfall in October 2018, it was a Category 4 storm that damaged more than 6 million acres of forest and…
#ForestLandownerSupport, disturbance, #NaturalDisasters, #Hurricane, #HurricaneRecovery, #Timber, #Carbon, #ForestManagement, markets, supply and demand, forest economics
Wood is the new concrete: bridging carbon reduction and sustainable building materials
Construction underway on the Moffett Creek Bridge in Yreka, California. USDA Forest Service photo by Robert Moon.
WISCONSIN—“The Forest Products Laboratory is building a sustainable future by showing how wood and its components can reduce our dependence on greenhouse-gas-intensive materials…