Whale Pass residents are pushing for the area to be preserved and leased for carbon offsets instead, but the state says it’s not enough land to make a carbon offset lease viable.
By Elizabeth EarlWhale Pass on Prince of Wales Island in SE Alaska. A hillside in town is where the timber sale is supposed to take place.
Now, Whale Pass residents are fighting a pending timber sale in their town, pushing for the area to instead be preserved and leased for carbon offsets. The state says the Whale Pass sale wouldn’t work as a carbon offset lease because it’s too small. At 292 acres, the sale is considered one of the Tongass’ “larger sales,” according to the state’s five-year timber sale plan, but even those sales would fall far short of what the state would consider to be enough to be worth it for a carbon offset lease.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy approved Senate Bill 48 this year, which authorized the development of a state-sponsored carbon offset program. The regulations are still in development, though, said Lorraine Henry, the director of communications for DNR. According to DNR’s website, the program is still in step two: planning and preparation.
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