Summary/Abstract
This report, provided to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, assesses the potential of Minnesota lands to sequester carbon dioxide. The report includes:
- development of an inventory of Minnesota lands having high carbon stocks that should be protected to prevent C losses and of those having the potential for conversion to land use/land covers with potential to sequester greater amounts of carbon;
- assessment of the potential of proposed land use/land cover changes to sequester carbon;
- development of criteria for a network of monitoring sites to measure the rate of carbon sequestration of selected practices in Minnesota;
- development of criteria for the establishment of demonstration sites for educational and outreach purposes; and
- analysis of existing and proposed state policies for their potential impact on carbon sequestration activities.