Goal Setting for Natural and Working Lands Report

Natural climate solutions are activities that enhance or protect net biological carbon sequestration on natural and working lands, while maintaining or increasing ecosystem resilience and human well-being. They are carbon removal strategies that can be taken immediately to remove carbon from the atmosphere and help Oregonians adapt to the impacts of a changing climate. 

ORS 468A.193 directed ODOE and the Oregon Climate Action Commission, in coordination with the land managing agencies, to establish a non-binding net sequestration and storage goal for Oregon’s natural and working lands and update those goals as new information becomes available. In this draft report, ODOE presents three goal options for the Commission’s consideration. The goal that will be established, while voluntary, will provide a guidepost for considering land management as part of climate action.

View the Appendices

• Appendix A - Natural Climate Solutions Descriptions

• Appendix B - Analysis of Trends in the Land-based Net Carbon Inventory

• Appendix C - Approach for Providing Supporting Information for Goal Setting and Calculating Potential Net Sequestration Ranges for Oregon

• Appendix D - Data Tables

• Appendix E - Land Types and Land Ownership

• Appendix F - Estimated Annual NCS Mitigation Potential with Sufficient Data Available

• Appendix G - Responses to Public Comments on the Draft Carbon Sequestration and Storage Goal Setting for Natural and Working Lands