17.2
Billion metric tons of carbon stored in U.S. federal forests. Federal forest protections are critical to safeguarding communities from the future impacts of climate change.
35
Million metric tons of carbon sequestered from the atmosphere by federal forestlands. There is no other technology that can match forests for carbon removal at this scale.
>95%
Forest carbon is stored in forest ecosystem pools vs. harvested wood products. This is why it's important to protect these critical carbon reservoirs.
President Biden takes executive action to tackle the climate crisis at home and abroad.
United States includes forest protections as part of its Nationally Determined Contribution.
The Biden Administration commits to protecting 9 million acres of Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska and ending commercial old-growth logging.
President Biden announces new plan to conserve global forests at COP26.
President Biden takes executive action to inventory and conserve mature and old-growth forests on federal lands.
Washington Post (April 21st, 2022)
Biden to issue Earth Day order to safeguard old-growth forests
Time (March 21st, 2022)
Seattle Times (March 14th, 2022)
Washington Post (February 15th, 2022)
Smithsonian (January, 2022)
Washington Post (December 30, 2021)
