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Preservation of a Native Northwest Forest
The Climate Trust has contracted to purchase offsets from a Lummi Indian Tribe project to acquire previously logged forest land and manage it to permanent old growth forest. With funding from The Climate Trust the Lummi Indian Tribe has bought more than 1,654 acres of historical tribal forest land near Mount Vernon, Washington, to protect it from logging. The project site is located in the Arlecho Creek watershed, and involves rare mid-elevation Cascade mountain forest. A 100-year conservation easement is helping ensure that old growth forests develop and are preserved. The project site is being used as an educational laboratory by the Northwest Indian College, which is chartered by the Lummi Indian Tribe and other universities. The laboratory both educates Indian and non-Indian students about measuring the amount of carbon dioxide sequestered in trees, soil and other vegetation, as well as facilitates research on halting global warming through sequestration of carbon dioxide in forests. How the project reduces emissions The Arlecho Creek land that was purchased by the Lummi Indian Tribe was threatened by commercial logging. This project protects and restores the land and allows it to grow back to old growth forest. Over the 100-year life of the project the forest will capture at least 263,159 metric tons of carbon dioxide. Why carbon finance was needed With The Climate Trust's funding, the Lummi Indian Tribe was able to acquire the Arlecho Creek site that would have remained under logging company ownership and been logged.  top |
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Project type: Forest sequestration Project term: 100 years
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