The second article in a year-long, four-part series on forest carbon in Northern Woodlands magazine has been published by Extension Assistant Professor of Forestry Alexandra Kosiba.
The first article in the series provided readers with an introduction to forest carbon. It included definitions of common terms, such as storage and sequestration, described the various carbon pools in a forest, and discussed differences in forest carbon based on forest age, type, and management. This second article focuses specifically on forest soil carbon, including how carbon gets into soil and the ways that it is lost.
Kosiba leads the Vermont Forest Carbon Inventory project and also provides educational presentations for the Securing Northeast Forest Carbon Program, a federally funded collaboration among state foresters in New England and New York.