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DNR identifies carbon, wildfire-avoidance and water-leasing as potential markets for ecosystem services
Summary
Department of Natural Resources told the House Ag Committee that contractor screening found market potential for regulatory and voluntary forest carbon, avoided-wildfire emissions credits and water leasing on DNR lands, identifying roughly 15,000 candidate acres; DNR recommended pilots, third-party developers and further data work before scaling.
Duane Emmons, assistant deputy for State Uplands at the Department of Natural Resources, presented the legislature-mandated ecosystem services work group report and contractor market screening.
Emmons said the contractor identified several market opportunities on DNR-managed lands: regulatory forest carbon (offsets that require demonstrated additionality), voluntary forest carbon, avoided-wildfire emissions credits and water-leasing opportunities. "They identified about 15,000 acres of…
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