Mike Hoffman with the Idaho Soil Conservation Commission (ISCC) reported to the House Agricultural Affairs Committeeon on Idaho’s carbon sequestration efforts. The Idaho Legislature established the Carbon Sequestration Advisory Committee in 2002 as part of the legislation asking the Soil Conservation Commission to prepare a report exploring the potential for carbon sequestration on agricultural and private, non-industrial forestlands. The 19-member Carbon Sequestration Advisory Committee is chaired by ISCC. Funds for the accompanying carbon sequestration assessment fund have never been appropriated.
Currently, Idaho has a very small carbon footprint but the ability to sequester carbon from other locations in forested and agricultural lands. Hoffman explained that the committee has an information outreach component as well as pilot projects and technical research. The report and other information can be accessed by going to the ISCC website (http://www.scc.idaho.gov/) and clicking on the carbon sequestration tab.
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