A road cuts through The Nature Conservancy’s West Branch Forest Preserve in Lock Haven, PA. The land was bought for preservation decades ago by a philanthropist but only recently targeted for its value as carbon offsets, despite dubious claims of being “under threat”.
Photos looking west from over the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Kempton, PA. The sanctuary was founded in 1934 and run continuously since that time, but only recently monetized as carbon offset despite no proven threat to the land.
White pine trees stand in some of the 23,000 acres of forest owned by Bethlehem Municipal Water Authority land in Kunkletown, PA. Originally land purchased by Bethlehem Steel and preserved to protect it’s water source in the Bethlehem Reservoir, the land now is monetized through carbon offset programs for the next 50 years.
Stephen Repasch, Director of the Bethlehem Authority in Kunkletown, PA.
A tree stripped of bark along the trail to the North Lookout at the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Kempton, PA.
Stephen Repasch, Director of the Bethlehem Authority in Kunkletown, PA.
A turkey vulture soars over a vast forest seen from the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Kempton, PA.
Trees seen through the fog on Pennsylvania Highway 44 east of Hyner, PA.
A stand of trees through the thick fog along the Middle Mountain Overlook Trail at TheNature Conservancy’s West Branch Forest Preserve in Lock Haven, PA.
Harvested logs sit in a muddy lot at the Pine Creek Lumber Co. yard in Mill Hall, PA. Logging has consistently been a large industry in Pennsylvania, though a number of mills have closed in recent years.