Client Type: TIMO/REIT
Acres: 129,122
Status: In development
Yalbac Ranch was once part of the Belize Estate Company and its forests were logged for a few select species including mahogany, cedar, and Santa Maria. In 1994, the Yalbac Ranch and Cattle Corporation purchased the property and partnered with The Forestland Group in 2008. The sub-tropical property’s 153 merchantable forest species are now managed to the Forest Stewardship Council standard.
Client Type: Tribe/Native Corporation
Acres: 95,390
Status: Registered
Offsets issued: 1,479,837
Historical land uses within the Spokane Tribe project area include timber production, outdoor recreation, and subsistence hunting, fishing, and gathering. The Spokane project area is currently managed as multiple use forestland and projected land use within the project area will support and promote large, intact blocks of native forests in eastern Washington state.
Client Type: Family
Acres: 11,778
Project Status: Registered; CA ARB compliance
Offsets Issued: 300,300
Established in 1868, four generations of the Sieben and Hibbard families have stewarded their 40,000+ acre ranch in the Adel Mountain headwaters of the Missouri River. As many western ranches succumb to fragmentation and development, the Sieben’s forest offset project diversifies their company’s cattle, hunting, and timber revenue and helps the family to protect and manage the property as a working ranch and forest.
Client Type: Tribe/Native Corporation
Acres: 10,700
Status: In development
Sealaska’s second carbon offset project supports large, intact blocks of native forests. Project proceeds will be invested back to Sealaska shareholders, businesses, and communities. For multiple generations, the project area will be untouched by commercial harvesting. Shareholders will retain full access to the area for cultural needs such as logs for totem poles, other cultural projects, and non-timber development opportunities.
Client Type: Tribe/Native Corporation
Acres: 165,077
Status: Registered
Offsets issued: 11,410,748
The southeast Alaskan coast is the traditional homeland of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian people. Sealaska is dominated by large contiguous blocks of mature, healthy forests supporting native flora and fauna. Committed to the protection of Alaskan waters, the project includes sensitive watersheds that are important sources of drinking water for Alaskan communities in Hydaburg and Hoonah and critical habitat for salmon.
