Forest Carbon Management
This web page describes the importance of forest soil carbon, especially in the Lake States, as well as patterns of carbon storage across landscapes, and provides several tools that can help inform management decisions.
This article describes research on reforestation of cultivated lands and its effect on carbon sequestration in the US. It finds that soils store most of the carbon in ecosystems, and reforesting cultivated lands increases the carbon storage of topsoil. Carbon sequestration also doubles to triples in woody biomass after planting for at least 20 to 30 years.
This document analyzes the patterns of the carbon cycle of North America. Sectors such as agriculture and energy, as well as ecosystems such as forests and wetlands are assessed, in addition to the impact of human activity on the carbon cycle. Carbon cycling is reported for inland and coastal water, air, and land.
This web page describes how carbon integrates with land management and provides links to related topics.
This report details how the carbon cycle works in forest and grassland ecosystems. It also describes management activities that can increase carbon in these ecosystems.
This management guide describes 10 forest management practices that can increase short term carbon storage for hardwood forests in the Northeast US and has general applications across many forest types. These practices also improve forest resilience against climate change impacts. These practices were chosen independently of cost, but sources of funding for each practice are also described in the guide.
This publication describes the role of carbon within the forest, the impacts of various land uses on forest carbon and outlines common trade-offs landowners may experience when making informed decisions regarding their lands. This publication was co-created by the University of Massachusetts and University of Vermont and centers on New England regional forestlands, although concepts may apply generally to other areas of the United States.
Wisconsin Initiative on Change Impacts [WICCI]. 2017. Climate Vulnerability Assessments for Plant Communities of Wisconsin. Southern Tamarack Swamp Assessment. Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts, Madison, WI.
Wisconsin Initiative on Change Impacts [WICCI]. 2017. Climate Vulnerability Assessments for Plant Communities of Wisconsin. Southern Sedge Meadow Assessment. Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts, Madison, WI.
Wisconsin Initiative on Change Impacts [WICCI]. 2017. Climate Vulnerability Assessments for Plant Communities of Wisconsin. Shrub-carr Assessment. Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts, Madison, WI.
