Northeast Forest Carbon and Climate Partnership: Webinars and Additional Resources

Presentation by Dr. Alexandra Kosiba, the University of Vermont’s Extension Forester geared toward foresters and other professionals on how carbon is sequestered and stored in forests. 

Video (Web) 

Presentation by Dr. Alexandra Kosiba gave presentation catered to landowners about forest carbon, carbon markets and making your forest more resilient to the effects of climate change on your woods in the northeast?

Video (Web) and Slides (PDF) 

Presentations presented by Dr. Alexandra Kosiba relating to forest carbon science, management, markets, and project developers.

The Science of Forest Carbon: Video (Web) and Slides (PDF) 

The Science of Forest Carbon Management: Video (Web) and Slides (PDF) 

Forest Carbon Markets Overview and NRCS Forest Carbon Opportunities: Video (Web) and Slides (PDF) 

Forest Carbon Project Developers : Video (Web) and Slides (PDF) 

Learn the basics of managing your forest for carbon. Dr. Alexandra Kosiba discusses how forests sequester and store carbon, and the various ways landowners can take a more active role in this process.

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• The Carbon Cycle (Web)- learn about the Carbon cycle presented by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 

• Cold Hollow to Canada Forest Carbon Aggregation Project (Web)- read more about the Cold Hollow to Canada, Vermont landowner peer-to-peer network, implement a Carbon Program of 8,625 acres across 12 parcels. 

• Understanding CO₂e - Forest Carbon Data Visualization (Web)- see infographics of United States forest carbon by Forest Carbon Data Visualization. 

• University of Maine Center for Research on Sustainable Forests (Web)- browse the resources from University of Maine for diverse forestry audiences 

• Forest Management Carbon Benefits USDA (Web)- learn about forest carbon resources presented by the U.S. Forest Service 

• Northam Forest Carbon (Web)- explore general audience resources by the Northam Forest Carbon, non-profit, based in Burlington, VT.  

• Forest Carbon Network - National Association of State Foresters (Web)- resource intended for State Forestry agencies as a hub for Forest Carbon Resources 

• Ecosystem Market Place (Web)- explore carbon and nature-based market resources with different reports, guides, and tools. 

• The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Forest Carbon Market (Web)- multi-stakeholder led independent governance body to establish ethics for the global voluntary carbon market. 

• California Forest carbon offsets program (Web)- learn about California Air Resource Board’s Compliance Offset Program. 

• California Carbon offset dashboard (Web)- explore updates to the California Carbon Resources Board live. 

• Forest Products in the Global Bioeconomy by the United Nations (Web)- read the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on global wood-based product goals. 

• State of Voluntary Forest Carbon Offsets pricing (Web)- review the 2021 report on trends and developments of international voluntary carbon credits (also referred to as carbon offsets). 

• Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals from Forest Land, Woodlands, and Urban Trees in the United States 1990-2018 (Web)- read this USDA report on carbon stocks in different forest land resources. 

• Carbon Sequestration to Mitigate Climate Change (PDF)- a informative background to carbon mitigation by the US Geological Service. 

• Forest Carbon Managment (Web)- explore the different forest carbon management guides created by the by Northern Institutes of Applied Climate Sciences. 

• Family-owned Forests: How to Unlock the Carbon Potential in America’s Backyard (Web)- resource for landowners interested in managing for carbon written by the American Forest Foundation 

• Talking Carbon (Web-Video)- watch Coeli Hoover discus about forest carbon from the U.S. Forest Service perspective.  

• Talking Carbon = Durable Wood (Web-Video)- watch Matt Russel share about the value of durable wood products storing forest carbon. 

• Forests, Wood, Climate Change & Carbon (PDF-Slides)- learn the basics and management of forest carbon in New Hampshire with  Charles Levesque. 

• Carbon Implications of Forest Strucutre (PDF-Slides)- explore the role of forest structure on carbon at the Plainstow Town Forest and Branch Hill Farm with  Charles A. Moreno 

• Research for Climate Adaptation and Mitigation at Second College Grant (PDF-Slides)- learn about the Second College Grant and research experiments on forest adaption with Dr. Jess Wikle.  

• Managing Forest Carbon: A manger’s perspective (PDF-Slides)- learn about how the Second College Grant as a research station operational works by Kevin Evans 

• Carbon Markets Emerging Opportunities for Forest Landowners Massachusetts Forest Alliance (PDF)- Learn the basics and management of forest carbon in Massachusetts with Eric Kingsley. 

• Forest Carbon Markets Overview (PDF-Slides)- learn the basics and management of forest carbon with  Charles Levesque 

• Small Landowner Forest Carbon Project (PDF-Slides)- learn about the opportunities for small landownerships in carbon projects presented by Richard. G. Carbonetti. 

• Carbon Friendly Management on Large Ownerships (PDF-Slides)- learn about the opportunities for small landownerships in carbon projects presented by Matt Sampson. 

• An Introduction to the Family Forest Carbon Program (PDF-Slides)- get an overview of the Family Forest Carbon Program led by the American Forest Foundation and the Nature Conservancy 

• Forest Carbon University – A Program of the Forest Landowners Association (Web)- Join the Forest Landowner Foundation for a webinar series to learn and engage with carbon market experts as part of FLA’s Forest Carbon University. There are six webinars to inform both landowners and foresters on how to navigate forest carbon markets. All webinars are free and open to all landowners and foresters. 

• Michigan State University Forest Carbon and Climate Program (Web)-   f explore Michigan State University’s program offering graduate certificate, professional courses, open resource libraries, and listed partners and projects. Bellow are PDFS from their open resource library on Forst Carbon and Management. 

• Background: Forest Carbon and Forest Carbon Management (PDF) 

• Topic 1: Forest Inventory Data and Complementary Data Sources for Carbon Calculations (PDF) 

• Topic 2: Understanding the Landscape of Modeling Approaches and Best Practices for Addressing and Interpreting Uncertainty (PDF) 

• Topic 3: Accessing and Applications of FIA Data for Modeling (PDF) 

• Topic 4: Forest Products Data and Modeling Considerations (PDF) 

• Topic 5: Linking Forest Carbon Modeling with State Decision-Making (PDF) 

Kerchner, C. D., & Keeton, W. S. (2015). California’s regulatory forest carbon market: Viability for northeast landowners. Forest Policy and Economics, 50, 70–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2014.09.005 

Ontl, T. A., Swanston, C. W., Brandt, L. A., Butler-Leopold, P., Handler, S. D., Janowiak, M. K., & Shannon, P. D. (2020). Forest management for carbon sequestration and climate adaptation. Journal of Forestry, 118(1), 86–101. 
https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvz062 

White, A. E., Lutz, D. A., Howarth, R. B., & Soto, J. R. (2018). Small-scale forestry and carbon offset markets: An empirical study of Vermont Current Use forest landowner willingness to accept carbon credit programs. PLoS ONE, 13(8), e0201967. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201967 

Ximenes, F., Gardner, W. D., & Cowie, A. (2008). The decomposition of wood products in landfills in Sydney, Australia. Waste Management, 28(11), 2344–2354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2007.11.006