Geneva Preston
84:20 - 85:51
“one of the Division of Forestry's primary goals and amending the management plan at this time is to create space and allow for carbon offset projects as a potential use within Haines State Forest Resource Management Area and for that to be a realistic possibility, it needs to be identified in the management plan. And the Division has determined that to make a carbon off the project like a realistic use of the resources in the Haines State Forest Resource Management Area to like expand the timber base is a part of that of that process.”
- Speaker
- Geneva Preston
- Timestamp
- 84:20 – 85:51
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Haines
- Captured at
From the transcript
And I think we sort of open this meeting with talking about the original goal or like one of the Division of Forestry's primary goals and amending the management plan at this time is to create space and allow for carbon offset projects as a potential use within Haines State Forest Resource Management Area and for that to be a realistic possibility, it needs to be identified in the management plan. And the Division has determined that to make a carbon off the project like a realistic use of the resources in the Haines State Forest Resource Management Area to like expand the timber base is a part of that of that process. But I'm seeing we've we're a few minutes past our 8 o' clock finish time, so I'll go ahead and wrap things up here. I really appreciate the folks that were able to join us this evening. Thank you for sharing your insight and for asking such thoughtful questions and for taking time out of your of your week to spend the evening with us.
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