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NEW Webinar: Carbon in A Working Forest Setting

Hi all: I’m pleased to announce another online webinar for the Seeing the Forest AND the Trees Project:  “Carbon in A Working Forest Setting:  Garcia River Forest, CA.”

The webinar will be presented by Evan Smith, Director of Forest Projects at The Conservation Fund. Below please find Evan’s bio and articles about the project that Evan will focus on during the webinar .  Many thanks to Tom Duffus for arranging this! 

The webinar will take place Friday, Sept. 12, at 10 am CST.  Please RSVP to Lisa if you are able to participate.

Log-in information will be distributed at a later time.

Hope you’re having a great summer, Matt

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Related Files

• High Country News Article
• Los Angeles Times New Article
• Wall Stree Journal News Article 
• Evan's Biography

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Another interesting article!

Hi: I thought the the article, The Giving Trees might clarify some confusion out there about carbon sequestration, specifically, confusion over stocks of carbon vs fluxes of carbon.  Old forests have large carbon stocks and smaller carbon fluxes for the most part.  The article talks about some of these issues and the state of the science in this field. Thanks, Tom

Interesting article!

I thought the following article might interest you. The issues squarely shows the value of forest conservation over development in rural areas.

Tom Duffus - The Conservation Fund

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Closed-Door Deal Could Open Land In Montana Forest Service Angers Locals With Move That May Speed Building

MISSOULA, Mont. (July 5, 2008) -- The Bush administration is preparing to ease the way for the nation's largest private landowner to convert hundreds of thousands of acres of mountain forestland to residential subdivisions.

The deal was struck behind closed doors between Mark E. Rey, the former timber lobbyist who oversees the U.S. Forest Service, and Plum Creek Timber Co., a former logging company turned real estate investment trust that is building homes. Plum Creek owns more than 8 million acres nationwide, including 1.2 million acres in the mountains of western Montana, where local officials were stunned and outraged at the deal.

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