Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in the Western Region

• The Western region has 207.2 million acres of forests and is 28% forested.
• Western region forest carbon stocks have increased by 3% from 1990 to 2019.
• Average carbon density in aboveground trees across Western region forests is 21.1 US tons per acre.
• In the Western region, forests, urban trees, and harvested wood products:
  • Remove 5% of all CO₂  emissions across the states. (Across the US, this value is 14%.)
  • Store the equivalent of 65 years of all CO₂  emissions produced across the states.