Leave mature trees on state land for carbon benefit
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The Washington Department of Natural Resources is selling off trees to be logged on public land that include mature (legacy) and old growth trees. Because we are in a global warming crisis this must stop. The giant conifer forests of the Pacific Northwest store more carbon per acre than any other forests of the world. These legacy trees sequester and store carbon from the atmosphere for long periods of time. When a tree is cut down most of it’s carbon is released through waste during harvest and manufacturing. Newly planted trees will take decades before they store as much as the older trees.
Leave mature trees on state land for carbon benefit
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