Agreement Number
16-032
Awardee Name
Ducks Unlimited, Inc
Grant Type
Classic
Project Title
Expanding the carbon offset market for working rangelands in the Northern Great Plains
Awardee State/Territory
North Dakota
Involved States/territories
North Dakota
Award Year
2015
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$219,073.00
Production/Use
Grassland (includes pasture/rangeland)
Resource Concern (Broad)
Air
Resource Concern (Specific)
Carbon emissions and sequestration
Carbon sequestration
Emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs)
Conservation Practice(s)
Prescribed Grazing
Project Background
The purpose of this project is to scale up DU’s 2011 avoided conversion of grassland project that culminated in the 2014 purchase by Chevrolet of carbon credits from ranchers in North Dakota. DU will refine the American Carbon Registry protocol to streamline it for producers and will use the refined protocol to model the carbon credits for 16,000 acres in its portfolio – investing in new contracts on approximately 10,000 acres.
Project Scale
Farm-level
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No
Final Report URL
Awardee Technical Contact Name
William Gascoigne