New Hampshire

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Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in New Hampshire

  • New Hampshire has 4.8 million acres of forests and is 83% forested.
  • New Hampshire forest carbon stocks have increased by 10% from 1990 to 2019.
  • Average carbon density in aboveground trees across New Hampshire forests is 31.8 US tons per acre.

In New Hampshire, forests, urban trees, and harvested wood products:

  • Remove 38% of all CO2 emissions in the state. (Across the US, this value is 14%.)
  • Store the equivalent of 130 years of all CO2 emissions produced in the state.
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