Determining landscape-level carbon emissions from historically harvested forest products

Sean P. Healey; Todd Morgan; Jon Songster; Jason Brandt

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Determining landscape-level carbon emissions from historically harvested forest products

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Sean P. Healey, Todd Morgan, Jon Songster, Jason Brandt

Year:

2009

Type:

Proceedings

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: McWilliams, Will; Moisen, Gretchen; Czaplewski, Ray, comps. Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Symposium 2008; October 21-23, 2008; Park City, UT. Proc. RMRS-P-56CD. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 11 p.

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Abstract

Resources have been developed in the literature to enable landowners to estimate the carbon sequestration timeline of forest products derived from their land. These tools were used here to estimate sequestration and emissions related to harvests carried out in Ravalli County from 1945 to 2007. This county-level accounting of product carbon release can later be combined with county-level estimates of growth and emissions from fire and other sources to provide landscape-level insights into relationships between forest carbon exchange and processes like harvest and fire.

Parent Publication

Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Symposium 2008; October 21-23, 2008; Park City, UT

Keywords

forest products, carbon sequestration, carbon accounting

Citation

Healey, Sean; Morgan, Todd A.; Songster, Jon; Brandt, Jason. 2009. Determining landscape-level carbon emissions from historically harvested forest products. In: McWilliams, Will; Moisen, Gretchen; Czaplewski, Ray, comps. Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Symposium 2008; October 21-23, 2008; Park City, UT. Proc. RMRS-P-56CD. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 11 p.