Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Carbon Project

What the project does.

The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Forest Carbon Project area is located on approximately 15,356 acres of forests in Upper Peninsula Michigan. This project mitigates emissions by using improved forest management techniques to maintain forest CO2 stocks above the regional baseline, providing significant climate benefits through carbon sequestration while supporting the Indigenous community as well as investing in the sustainable development of the region.

Established in 1936, the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community is one of the four original member tribes in Michigan that founded the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc. The forest consists of northern hardwoods like maple and yellow birch, as well as hemlock and pines. By transitioning from aggressive forest management methodologies to long-term sustainable practices that focus on natural forest growth, control of invasive species, and diversification of age classes, this project protects the area and increases its ability to mitigate emissions that would otherwise be subject to significant commercial timber harvesting.

Tribal lands of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan, USA

First Nation led conservation and sustainable livelihoods