Carbon Reserves Scheme Allows Far Away Corporations to Keep Polluting.

Some want to shut down our DNR state trust lands and place them into voluntary private carbon markets, where corporations can buy and sell carbon offsets. This scheme allows polluters to keep polluting at the expense of our communities.

Shutting down our state working forests will reduce revenues for local schools, fire departments and community services. Converting our working forests into carbon reserves also threatens local, family wage jobs and reduces Washington's ability to make carbon-storing wood products.  It will also force the United States to import more wood products from other countries with weak environmental standards.

Commissioners in Jefferson and Clallam Counties can help keep these forests working, so they can continue to provide many benefits to our local communities. Sign the petition today!

There's a better way to fight climate change.

State-managed working forests ensure healthy, growing trees that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. These healthy trees store the carbon as biomass, or wood. When timber from DNR trust lands is sustainably harvested, that carbon stays in the wood products for their useful life.

DNR state trust lands are managed under the strictest environmental laws in the world, while guided by modern, science-based forest practices. These practices that maintain healthy, managed forests also reduce the risks of mass carbon emission events such as catastrophic wildfires. DNR state trust lands also provide clean air and water, wildlife habitat, recreational opportunities and much more.

Washington state’s working forests and wood products sequester 12 percent of the state’s carbon emissions. The continuous cycle of forestry, which includes growing and sustainably harvesting wood and replanting, is a natural solution to reducing carbon emissions. For this reason, the carbon footprint of our state’s working forests is “Below Net Zero.” Help fight climate change by supporting our state-managed working forests. Sign the petition today!

What are DNR state trust lands?

Trust lands managed by the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) provide essential financial support to public education and many important public services. We believe that responsible, active, and sustainable timber management consistent with the trust mandate for Washington’s DNR managed State Trust Lands can ensure healthy forests, great public schools, quality public services, and good-paying jobs. Visit DNRTrustLands.org to learn about the many different ways thesestate working forests benefit the people of Washington.