| Comment | Dear Chairman Nichols:
While the ARB is considering alternatives to the cap-and-trade
program (A.B.32), I am sure you will want to correct a serious flaw
in the agency's forestry management tools.
Timber owners doing the forest management can readily to be
financially rewarded for clearcutting forests, releasing enormous
quantities of CO2, all in the name of controlling CO2.
Please correct the forestry protocol to allow "offset" projects to
include only uneven-age forests — which not only sequester CO2
but preserve wildlife habitat and other values.
Sincerely,
Janet Gracyk
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