Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in Wyoming

• Wyoming has 9.8 million acres of forests and is 16% forested.
• Wyoming forest carbon stocks have decreased by 13% from 1990 to 2019.
• Average carbon density in aboveground trees across Wyoming forests is 13.2 US tons per acre.
• In Wyoming, forests, urban trees, and harvested wood products:
  • Remove a minimal amount of all CO₂ emissions in the state after taking into account forest mortality. (Across the US, this value is 14%.)
  • Store the equivalent of 28 years of all CO₂ emissions produced in the state.