FOREST SERVICE TO CONDUCT CARBON RESEARCH ON MILITARY BASES

摘要

Scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) and university partners are beginning work on an innovative research project in three states that will help DOD better manage longleaf pine forests on military bases for absorbing climate-changing carbon dioxide and providing other ecological services. SRS, Auburn University (the lead institution) and University of Florida researchers will conduct the five-year, $2.4 million study on longleaf pine forests at Fort Polk, La., Fort Benning, Ga., and Camp Lejeune, N.C. Research organizers say the study is the largest carbon sequestration assessment of longleaf pine ecosystems conducted on southern military bases.