FIRETHIN

Biomass from forest thinning for fire risk reduction and other purposes is used for sequestration. Fire suppression, such as in the US and Canada over last several decades, has left a large amount of dead vegetation. Combined with drought and insect infestation in the America West, this has led to more frequent and larger fires in recent years. The release of this carbon pool through catastrophic fires may become an important source to atmospheric CO2 in the future. Collecting dead trees and burying them would reduce fire danger while creating a carbon sink.