Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in West Virginia

• West Virginia has 12.1 million acres of forests and is 79% forested.
• West Virginia forest carbon stocks have increased by 14% from 1990 to 2019.
• Average carbon density in aboveground trees across West Virginia forests is 35.9 US tons per acre.
• In West Virginia, forests, urban trees, and harvested wood products:
  • Remove 16% of all CO₂ emissions in the state. (Across the US, this value is 14%.)
  • Store the equivalent of 45 years of all CO₂ emissions produced in the state.