E&S is leading the development of a suite of carbon credit decision-support tools to help Oregon’s small forest landowners evaluate carbon market opportunities. The project is supported by the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Natural and Working Lands Fund, with the Benton Soil and Water Conservation District (BSWCD) administering the funds and partnering on landowner outreach. …

E&S is exploring possibilities for forest restoration projects designed to enhance carbon sequestration and ecological function through nature-based climate solutions such as enhanced rock weathering (ERW) and biochar production. Nature-based climate solutions can provide more energetically and economically efficient alternatives for carbon dioxide removal and storage relative to human-engineered carbon removal technologies by leveraging biotic …