In April, 2009, the Wilderness Society published a report titled, "Wood Products and Carbon Storage:Can Increased Production Help Solve the Climate Crisis?" Among the report's questionable conclusions is a claim that "an increased use of wood fuels and lumber will have very little effect on climate change." Now four scientists whose work we admire have come teamed with Dovetail Partners to produce a critique of the Society's report. Among its conclusions: "Unfortunately, what is promoted as a scientific evaluation of the carbon storage/wood products issue is deeply flawed. Whether intended or not, the net effect (of the Wilderness Society report) is a muddying of the waters on the issue of carbon storage and wood products under the guise of science."  Click below to read Dovetail's critique of the Wilderness Society report.

Wilderness Society Report on Wood Products and Carbon Storage