Upper Feather River Watershed

National Forest Carbon Inventory Scenarios for the Pacific Southwest Region (California)

In order to examine these options, the Team developed six management scenarios in which changes in carbon inventories were quantified over a 100-year timeframe. In addition, the study determined the monetary value of the carbon inventories, using hypothetical market assumptions, and evaluated the feasibility of measuring non-market benefits, or ecosystem services, associated with the national forest management in California. The six scenarios — projected over the next century — included: “Business as Usual” management practices that reflect current practices and performance; “Business as Usual” with an additional aggressive post-fire reforestation program; the full ii Region 5 Climate Change Interdisciplinary Team Report In 2007, the 20.2 million acres of national forests in Region 5 held nearly 620 million tons of carbon in live tree biomass. By 2107 — depending on Forest Service management choices — the Region's national forests could either lose or gain several hundred million tons of carbon. The pathways to those outcomes might vary from creating highly resilient forests with fewer, larger trees; to overstocked forests with smaller trees and severe fires resulting in long-term losses of carbon and other values; to intensive management resulting in shifting millions of tons of carbon from the forests to wood products and bioenergy.

2015-08-21

US Forest Service Region 5 Climate Change Interdisciplinary Team

Randy Moore, Deanna Stouder, Regional Forester Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5) PhD, Station Director Pacific Southwest Research and Experiment Station (PSW)

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