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Office of Sustainability and Climate, Forest Carbon Graphics

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Effective beginning 5/23/2025 This website, and all linked websites under the control of the agency is under review and content may change. This page contains three graphics that depict forest carbon cycles, fluxes, and stocks. Carbon Flux |Carbon in Time & SpaceCarbon in forest ecosystems cycles continuously, as plants take up carbon through photosynthesis,…
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Net Positive for Nature on National Forests

Sheep grazing in amongst trees
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…
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Carbon

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Effective beginning 5/20/2025 This website, and all linked websites under the control of the agency is under review and content may change.   Carbon Flux | Carbon in Time and Space (USDA Forest Service infographic) Carbon is one of the basic building blocks of…
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