Potential to Amass More Carbon in Eastern North American Forests
Forest at Devil’s Lake State Park, Wisconsin. Researchers report that despite decades of forest recovery, Wisconsin’s woodlands still only hold about two-thirds the carbon of pre-settlement times — suggesting substantial room for them to accumulate more. (Credit: iStockphoto)
As a founding member of the Forest Climate Working Group, the American Forest Foundation and its policy team are working hard to ensure that federal climate change legislation takes into account the critically important role of private forests in addressing the problem. For an update on federal legislation, go to http://www.familyforestaction.org/forestfoundation/home/.
