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Natural resources division explores carbon-credit program; staff to gather details before board action
Summary
Beltrami County Natural Resources staff outlined a voluntary carbon-credit marketing opportunity for county forest lands and asked permission to gather more detailed contract and revenue information.
Shane Foley of Beltrami County Natural Resources presented a voluntary carbon-credit marketing opportunity for county forest lands and asked the board for direction to begin developing a contract with a credit developer.
Foley described voluntary carbon markets as a 40-year commitment (a developer works with the county for the first 20 years to develop credits and the county monitors for the subsequent 20 years). He said the county’s mix of low-productivity parcels,…
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