Carbon Storage Capacity of Forests in New Jersey

Authors

Charles R. Harman, WSP USA Environment and Infrastructure, Inc.
Meiyin Wu, Montclair UniversityFollow
Paul Bovitz, Kleinfelder
Elizabeth Ravit, Rutgers University
Elizabeth Burke Watson, Drexel University
Daniel Gimenez, Rutgers University

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

2024

Abstract

This report of the NJ Science Advisory Board Ecological Processes Standing Committee (EPSC) addresses charge questions focused on researching how the NJ Department of Environmental Protection might manage issues related to carbon content found within soil and its relationship to climate change. Whereas forests of New Jersey play a critical role in sequestering carbon which plays a direct role attempts to combat climate change, our forests are under constant pressure from a variety of natural and anthropogenic factors including damaging insects, overpopulation of browse species such as white-tailed deer, the influx of invasive plant species and impacts from development. The New Jersey Forest Service has requested assistance from the EPSC in examining this issue with the goal of addressing the following charge questions presented to the EPSC.

Comments

A report to the Scientific Advisory Board, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

MSU Digital Commons Citation

Harman, Charles R.; Wu, Meiyin; Bovitz, Paul; Ravit, Elizabeth; Watson, Elizabeth Burke; and Gimenez, Daniel, "Carbon Storage Capacity of Forests in New Jersey" (2024). New Jersey Center for Water Science & Technology Reports. 1.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/waterscience_reports/1

Published Citation

Harman, C., Wu, M., Bovitz, P., Ravit, E., Watson, E., & Gimenez, D. (2024). Carbon Storage Capacity of Forests in New Jersey. Ecological Processes Standing Committee. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Trenton, NJ. 35 pages.