Rogue River Forest Among Top Ten Carbon Storing National Forests in America

According to United States Forest Service data, the ten national forests that store the most carbon per forested acre are all located in western Oregon, western Washington, and southeast Alaska.
Recent Wilderness Society analysis explains how these tremendous carbon-storing forests can play an important role in defending against climate change.
These are the top 10 carbon storing forests in the United States:

• Willamette National Forest
• Olympic National Forest
• Umpqua National Forest
• Gifford Pinchot National Forest
• Siuslaw National Forest
• Mount Hood National Forest
• Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
• Siskiyou National Forest
• Tongass National Forest
• Rogue River National Forest

Rogue River National Forest

The Rogue River National Forest is located in southern Oregon along the Cascade mountain range. The 628,443 acres of this Forest include the headwaters of the Rogue River and the deeply incised canyons of the Middle Fork of the Rogue and Little Butte Creek. The cone-shaped Mount McLoughlin, at 9,495 feet, is a shield volcano in the Cascade Range, and the highest point in the Rogue River National Forest.

This information was re-published from a document released by The Wilderness Society.