Chasing carbon
A dead tree lays on its side on the Inyo National Forest. (USDA Forest Service photo by Carol Underhill)
Forests store carbon. That is a fact.
However, what happens when disturbances such as wildfire, insect infestation, disease and natural disasters weaken the forest ecosystems we depend…
carbon, carbon storage, carbon sequestration, greenhouse gas emissions
Using our nation’s forest inventory to open carbon markets to family forest owners
Susan Benedict, right, a landowner enrolled in the Family Forest Carbon Program, meets with her forester. In many cases, timber sales don’t provide enough money to support a property, which can put pressure on the option to sell and convert the land from forest. The Family Forest Carbon Program helps keep…
carbon, Forest Inventory and Analysis
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…
forest landowners, disturbance, Natural Disaster, hurricane, hurricane recovery, timber, carbon, forest management, markets, supply and demand, forest economics
Partnerships help private landowners tackle effects of climate change
Editor’s note: Maddy Baroli, a climate adaptation specialist at the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science, contributed to this article. Maria Janowiak is the acting director of the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science & USDA Northern Forests Climate Hub. This feature is published in conjunction with Climate Week NYC, the 14th year that experts from around the world, including…
climate, carbon, woodland owner, forest products, resilience, nature
Growing trees – and capturing carbon
Planting the right trees in the right places at the right densities could greatly increase the amount of carbon captured on forest lands. USDA Forest Service photo from Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.
Research Forester Grant Domke thinks a lot about trees and carbon, and he is not alone. When not “…
research, carbon, planting trees, carbon storage, climate change
Trees Are Climate Change, Carbon Storage Heroes
Trees hold carbon both while they grow and long after they are harvested. This wooden cabin and the trees around it will continue to store carbon until decomposition or fire releases it into the atmosphere. USDA Forest Service photo.
J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of The Lord of the Rings, once wrote, “I longed to devise a setting in which the…