This public matching fund will pay the value of timber cuts on state properties. The Fund will also pay landowners with ten-year forestry management plans the expected timbering revenue not to cut down trees. Letting forests grow old captures more carbon than planting trees and benefits our quality of life. With more green and less erosion, sedimentation, and harmful algal blooms from runoff, research indicates we can slow sea level rise by as much as twenty-five percent.

Meanwhile, with Massachusetts stepping up carbon drawdown and storage, meeting the UN goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2040 might be easy, and storing carbon may put money in your pocket.

Sign our petition and tell Beacon Hill why you support this action.

For more information:

“Saving Forests with Carbon Offset Rewards for Not Cutting, Let Forests Grow Old.” Ocean River Institute blog post, March 14, 2023.

“Saving Forests with Carbon Offset Rewards for Not Cutting, Let Forests Grow Old.” E The Environmental Magazine, March 14, 2023.