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Department of Ecology
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Offset - Forest Offset Technical Working Group

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Working group description and purpose

The U.S. Forest Offset Protocol Technical Working Group is comprised of individuals with expertise in the development, registration, verification, or analysis of compliance or voluntary forest offset projects. As part of the WAC 173-446 Offsets Rulemaking, Ecology is considering revisions and additions to offset protocols adopted in WAC 173-446. The purpose of this working group is to help inform Ecology’s proposals related to revisions to the adopted California’s Air Resources Board (CARB) Compliance Offset Protocol – U.S. Forest Projects – June 25, 2015. The working group will provide input on a series of potential revisions under consideration sourced from CARB's 2021 Offset Taskforce Report, voluntary offset market protocols, and public comments received during this rulemaking.

Meeting schedule

The working group will meet the first Tuesday of the month from 9 - 11 a.m. (PT) from July to Dec. 2024.

The meetings are open to the public to view and there is an opportunity to provide relevant public comment at the end of the meetings. Zoom links are available above or in the agendas shared below.

Working Group Members

  • Grayson Badgley, Research Scientist - CarbonPlan
  • Felipe Casarim, Natural Climate Solutions Manager, Centre of Excellence - Low Carbon Solutions, bp
  • Tani Colbert-Sangree, Project Manager- Greenhouse Gas Management Institute
  • Kathleen Farley Wolf, Forest Carbon Program Manager - King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks
  • David Ford, Principal - L&C Carbon
  • Steve Hinton, Conservation Scientist - Tulalip Tribes
  • Theresa Keith, Forestry Policy Advisor - Washington State Department of Natural Resources
  • Jeremy Koslowski, Forest Carbon Partnerships; The Climate Trust
  • Edward Mann, Executive Director - Global Forest Carbon, Inc
  • Ed Murphy, Director of Forest Systems - Sierra Pacific Industries
  • John Nickerson, Consulting Forester - Dogwood Springs Forestry
  • Ben Parkhurst, Vice President - Technical Development of Natural Climate Solutions, Anew Climate
  • Jonathan Pomp, Technical Director - Green Assets, Inc.
  • Jon Remucal, Director of Nature-Based Solutions - Climate Action Reserve
  • Mike Warjone, President - US Forestry, Port Blakely
  • Chao Wu, Postdoctoral Scholar - University of Utah
  • Sheldon Zakreski, Principal - Living Sky Carbon Solutions

Provide input on the protocols

Non-working group members may provide comments through our public comment form on the rulemaking. The informal comment period is open until Sept. 27, 2024. 

Additional working groups

To stay informed about the applications for the other working groups, please subscribe to our Cap-and-Invest Offsets email list and check out our Cap-and-invest Offsets webpage.

Resources

Working Group Contact

Jordan Wildish, Offsets Lead Planner
CCAOffsets@ecy.wa.gov

Documents

 File NameFile SizeDescriptionCategoryDate Added
Solicitation of US Forest Working Group_41624.pdf 153.5 KB Working Group Solicitation
Working Group Solicitation
None 04/16/24 12:10 PM
Meeting 1 Agenda - US Forest Working Group.pdf 150.1 KB Meeting #1 Agenda
Meeting #1 Agenda
Agenda 06/25/24 11:26 AM
US Forest Charter.pdf 260 KB Group Charter
Group Charter
None 06/25/24 11:30 AM
FWG Meeting 1.pdf 2.5 MB Meeting #1 - Slides
Meeting #1 - Slides
Presentation 07/08/24 08:19 AM
Meeting 2 Agenda - US Forest Working Group.pdf 135.2 KB Meeting #2 Agenda
Meeting #2 Agenda
Agenda 07/30/24 02:49 PM
FWG Meeting 1 Notes 71024 (002).pdf 127.1 KB Meeting #1 Notes
Meeting #1 Notes
Meeting notes 08/12/24 03:08 PM
Preliminary topics to discuss _ FWG.docx 43.6 KB Preliminary list of topics for group discussion
Preliminary list of topics for group discussion
None 08/13/24 09:06 AM
FWG Meeting 2.pdf 1.6 MB Meeting #2 Slides
Meeting #2 Slides
Presentation 08/13/24 10:46 AM
Meeting 3 Agenda - US Forest Working Group.pdf 132.9 KB Meeting #3 Agenda
Meeting #3 Agenda
Agenda 08/27/24 01:22 PM
FWG Meeting 3.pdf 2.2 MB Meeting #3 Slides
Meeting #3 Slides
Presentation 09/16/24 03:28 PM
FWG Meeting 2 Notes (002).pdf 133.5 KB US Forest Working Group #2 Meeting Notes
US Forest Working Group #2 Meeting Notes
Meeting notes 09/18/24 02:40 PM
Summary notes - Meeting #3.pdf 110.3 KB Meeting #3 Summary Notes
Meeting #3 Summary Notes
Meeting notes 09/19/24 09:47 AM
Meeting 4 Agenda - US Forest Working Group.pdf 166.5 KB Meeting #4 Agenda
Meeting #4 Agenda
Agenda 10/01/24 02:04 PM
Summary notes - Meeting4.pdf 198.6 KB Meeting #4 Notes
Meeting #4 Notes
Meeting notes 10/16/24 08:25 AM
FWG Meeting 4_slides.pdf 8.2 MB FWG Meeting 4 Slides
FWG Meeting 4 Slides
Presentation 10/16/24 09:50 AM
Meeting 5 Agenda - US Forest Working Group.pdf 125.5 KB Meeting #5 Agenda
Meeting #5 Agenda
Agenda 11/10/24 12:38 PM
Summary notes - Meeting #5.pdf 194.1 KB Meeting #5 Notes
Meeting #5 Notes
Meeting notes 11/20/24 12:51 PM
FWG Meeting 5.pdf 11.5 MB FWG Meeting 5 slides
FWG Meeting 5 slides
Presentation 11/20/24 01:02 PM
Meeting 6 Agenda - US Forest Working Group.pdf 134.3 KB Meeting #6 Agenda
Meeting #6 Agenda
Agenda 11/27/24 01:30 PM

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