Tag: Climate Smart Forestry

Climate Smart Forestry articles

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  Yes, Long Rotations Can Yield Real Climate Gains for Cascadia

  Harvesting trees at 80 years, instead of 40, stores more carbon and yields more timber.

  Mar 17, 2022
  March 17, 2022

  Kate Anderson

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/kate-anderson/

  

  Senior Researcher, Farms and Forests
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  Why Do We Choose Short Rotation Forestry Over Carbon Storage, Timber Supply, and Forest Health?

  The discount rate, vanishing large-log mills, and fear of the spotted owl.

  May 26, 2022
  May 26, 2022

  Kate Anderson

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/kate-anderson/

  

  Senior Researcher, Farms and Forests
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  Northwest Carbon Markets Can’t Support Longer Timber Harvest Rotations

  That would take a New Zealand-style, all-forests cap-and-trade system.

  Jul 11, 2022
  July 11, 2022

  Kate Anderson

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/kate-anderson/

  

  Senior Researcher, Farms and Forests
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  Seven Ways to Pay for Long Rotations

  Public investment is the key to sustainable forestry.

  Sep 12, 2022
  September 12, 2022

  Kate Anderson

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/kate-anderson/

  

  Senior Researcher, Farms and Forests
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  Uncontainable Wildfires Are Inevitable. Community Destruction Is Not.

  Five policy shifts could help communities harden their homes against fire danger.

  Nov 16, 2022
  November 16, 2022

  Kate Anderson

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/kate-anderson/

  

  Senior Researcher, Farms and Forests