About Us

Woodlands Carbon was established in 2008 in partnership with the American Forest Foundation, with the goal of providing family woodlands owners access to carbon markets. Woodlands Carbon is a subsidiary of the Oregon Small Woodlands Association and works closely with Oregon State University Extension Service to promote offset opportunities and educate landowners about carbon sequestration. We also work with researchers at Oregon State University to calculate carbon offsets from landowner’s management activities.

Enrolling landowner acreage as a “block” allows us to make available several thousand tons of carbon offsets to businesses for purchase.

Our primary mission is to maximize landowner returns and provide businesses with quantifiable carbon offset opportunities. Our goal is to return 70% of carbon sales revenue to participating landowners. The economic incentive of payment for carbon sequestration can reduce the pressure to convert these woodlands to other uses. The revenue helps family woodland owners keep these forests as forests.