Forest Carbon Project Aitkin County Land Department - 2009

Forest Carbon Project Aitkin County managed forestland stores >5 million tons of carbon per year… an amount equal to the annual CO 2 emitted by over 2.5 million cars Aitkin County Land Department - 2009

Aitkin County managed forestland stores >5 million tons of carbon per year… an amount equal to the annual CO 2 emitted by over 2.5 million cars

Forest Carbon Project Aitkin County Land Department - 2009

Forest Carbon Project Aitkin County Land Department - 2009

Forest Carbon Project Aitkin County Land Department - 2009

Forest Carbon Project Aitkin County Land Department - 2009

Forest Carbon Project Aitkin County Land Department - 2009

Forest Carbon Project Aitkin County Land Department - 2009

Forest Carbon Project Aitkin County Land Department - 2009

Forest Carbon Project Due to the mix of forest types ACLD has historically implemented a variety of forest management practices to promote a health, productive and diverse forest Aitkin County Land Department - 2009

Due to the mix of forest types ACLD has historically implemented a variety of forest management practices to promote a health, productive and diverse forest

Forest Carbon Project Aitkin County Land Department - 2009

Forest Carbon Project Business as usual (BAU) Alternate (ALT) Aitkin County Land Department - 2009

Business as usual (BAU)

Alternate (ALT)

Forest Carbon Project The alternate harvest scenario (ALT) stores approximately 20,000 MT of additional annual carbon than the business-as-usual (BAU) harvest levels (historic). Compensation for carbon credits is based on that “additionality” The current VCS carbon credit rate is about $5.00 per MTCO 2 e… 20,000 MTC = 73,000 MTCO 2 e which would be $365,000 per year in carbon credit payments It’s likely that carbon credit payment rates will increase in the near future Aitkin County Land Department - 2009

The alternate harvest scenario (ALT) stores approximately 20,000 MT of additional annual carbon than the business-as-usual (BAU) harvest levels (historic).

Compensation for carbon credits is based on that “additionality”

The current VCS carbon credit rate is about $5.00 per MTCO 2 e…

20,000 MTC = 73,000 MTCO 2 e which would be $365,000 per year in carbon credit payments

It’s likely that carbon credit payment rates will increase in the near future

Forest Carbon Project Aitkin County Land Department - 2009

Forest Carbon Project Aitkin County Land Department - 2009

Forest Carbon Project Aitkin County Land Department - 2009

Forest Carbon Project Aitkin County Land Department - 2009