The next meeting of the Coos SAF Chapter will be held on Thursday, January 19th at 6 p.m. at the Coquille Indian Tribe Administration Building, at 3050 Tremont St., North Bend, OR.  (Hwy 101, directly across from the Mill Casino) This will be an in-person only meeting.  They ask that you park in the back parking lot and enter the building through the rear entrance.  The Chapter will provide pizza and beverages.

We will be viewing a webinar together – The Carbon Footprint of a Large Global Forest Owner: A Case Study for Rayonier, Inc. presented by Thomas Fox, Rayonier Inc.

• Presentation Summary:  Climate change caused by rising greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is an existential threat currently facing society. The ability of trees to sequester CO2 from the atmosphere and store it in biomass is one of the most important ecosystem services provided by forest ecosystems. This enables forests to serve as natural climate solutions. Carbon sequestration by forests offsets approximately 16% of the total CO2 emissions in the U.S. each year. As part of its commitment to sustainable forest management and transparency, Rayonier tracks and reports on its carbon footprint annually (www.rayonier.com/sustainability). This includes the total carbon stored in forest ecosystem (trees, understory, forest floor and soil), the carbon sequestered each year in the forest, the carbon removed in timber harvests, and scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. We also examine the downstream impacts of carbon stored in harvested wood products. This presentation will summarize Rayonier’s carbon footprint including a discussion of the methods used and the results from the U.S. and New Zealand forestry activities.  This 1 hour webinar is part of the 2022-23 Forests and Climate Learning Exchange Series.

Please RSVP by replying to this email.  If you have any questions, please contact Shaun Harkins at 541-260-1044.