Page 29 - Georgia Forestry - Issue 4 - Fall 2020

“Companies are now putting their money where their mouth is. They need to stay sustainable. It’s the right thing to do, and their customers are demanding it. And forests can do it naturally.” — Devon Dartnell
Rob Bullen of USNR and GFC’s Devon Dartnell discuss the latest innovations from USNR’s cross-laminated timber presses.
Dartnell. “They need to stay sustainable. It’s the right thing to do, and their customers are demanding it. And forests can do it naturally.”
Dartnell said forests sequester carbon while trees are growing, they continue to store it after the tree is harvested, and carbon can be stored inside a cross-lami- nated timber panel for hundreds of years to come. Then, the cycle repeats with a newly planted seedling.
Where’s the Money?
Getting money into landowners’ pockets for their product is a constant mission. One model for that is showing success in the Northeast and is a template being tested in Georgia. The Nature Conser- vancy’s Working Woodlands Program provides carbon credits to landowners who implement forestry practices for the sequestration of more carbon, to produce more wood. Those credits can
There are two in Atlanta, though more can be expected now that the Governor has signed a bill to review the Interna- tional Building Code to consider allowing such construction in Georgia.
One of mass timber’s biggest selling points is its ability to sequester carbon
— a benefit that is becoming a hot topic for businesses throughout the world. As companies seek ways to reduce their carbon footprint, the spotlight is increasingly turning to the forest.
“Companies are now putting their money where their mouth is,” said
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