Sleeping Bear LLC Managing Member Vandy Johnson attended the “Minnesota Forest Carbon Series: Carbon Markets” event hosted by the University of Minnesota Sustainable Forests Education Cooperative.
The three-day event was designed to review the why, who, and how of forest-based carbon markets. We heard from representatives of forest carbon credit programs serving large and small-acreage owners and public and private landowners who are actively involved in carbon markets on their land.
We also spent a day in the woods at the University of Minnesota Cloquet Forestry Center, visiting stands to visually compare and contrast forest carbon inventory data and projections in a variety of stands. The goal of the program was to facilitate a strong understanding of key terms and concepts and how different carbon credit programs work, and which, if any, might be right for your land.
Thanks to Dr. Eli Sagor, SFEC Program Manager, and Dr. Matt Russell, UMN Extension and Department of Forest Resources, for leading the event.
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