Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in Connecticut

• Connecticut has 1.8 million acres of forests and is 58% forested.
• Connecticut forest carbon stocks have increased by 13% from 1990 to 2019.
• Average carbon density in aboveground trees across Connecticut forests is 38.8 US tons per acre.

In Connecticut, forests, urban trees, and harvested wood products:

• Remove 9% of all CO2 emissions in the state. (Across the US, this value is 14%.)
• Store the equivalent of 20 years of all CO2 emissions produced in the state.