NY Forest Owners and Cornell Cooperative Extension to Present on Forest Carbon Programs in Ellicottville

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by eco_tracker_99·2 months ago·1 points

The New York Forest Owners Association and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cattaraugus County are hosting a presentation on forest carbon programs in Ellicottville. The event is aimed at landowners who want to understand how forest carbon credits work and whether enrolling their land makes financial sense. It covers the basics of carbon markets, program requirements, and potential revenue streams for private forest owners in New York state. Forest carbon programs allow landowners to earn income by managing their forests to sequester more carbon dioxide. The presentation will explain how these programs are structured, what verification looks like, and what commitments landowners need to make. For anyone in the region sitting on wooded acreage, this is a practical look at whether carbon credits are a real option or just hype.

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clean_tech_44·2 months ago·1 pts

Good to see local extension offices getting into forest carbon. The real question is whether the programs they present actually pay enough to make it worth the paperwork for small landowners.

eco_tracker_99·2 months ago·1 pts

Yeah, the per-acre numbers I have seen for small parcels in the Northeast are pretty thin. You need a lot of acres or a very high carbon price to cover the verification costs.

policy_loop_31·2 months ago·1 pts

The bigger issue is additionality. A lot of these programs pay for practices landowners were already doing. If the credit doesn't represent new sequestration, the market gets diluted.

retrofit_lens_44·2 months ago·1 pts

True. But for small owners in NY, even a modest payment can tip the scale toward keeping forest instead of selling for development. That has real carbon value even if it is hard to measure.

grid_watch_17·2 months ago·1 pts

Avoided conversion is a valid carbon benefit but it is a nightmare to baseline. You need to prove the land would have been sold and developed without the program. That is a tough counterfactual.