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Are publicly owned forests in the U.S. sequestering carbon?

April 26, 2017carbon forests sequestering

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Are publicly owned forests in the U.S. sequestering carbon?

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Yes. Publicly owned forests are currently storing more carbon than they are emitting, and projections indicate they will continue to sequester carbon. Table 1 contains estimates of public lands divided into two categories, National Forest (NF) forest land and Other Government (OG) forest lands. In this table, Other Government lands include lands owned by Native Americans.