{"id":706,"date":"2020-04-13T11:18:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T11:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saskagroforest.madlabsk.ca\/index.php\/services-6\/"},"modified":"2021-03-11T03:07:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T03:07:59","slug":"services-6","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/index.php\/services-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientific Data: Carbon Stocks"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"706\" class=\"elementor elementor-706\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1b0a5d33 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"1b0a5d33\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f841ba\" data-id=\"1f841ba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-365ba0bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"365ba0bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Carbon Stocks<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b18653 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b18653\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f59ced\" data-id=\"3f59ced\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5070b618 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5070b618\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Carbon stocks and growth of six common shelterbelt species:<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d2c9e9 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4d2c9e9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1148300\" data-id=\"1148300\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62d352e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62d352e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"paragraph\"><ol><li>Overview of data analyses used to estimate carbon stocks in shelterbelts in Saskatchewan.<\/li><li>Carbon stocks in shelterbelts in Saskatchewan.<\/li><li>Carbon stocks by shelterbelt species:<\/li><\/ol><ul><li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Deciduous spp.:\u00a0Hybrid poplar,\u00a0Green ash,\u00a0Manitoba maple<\/li><li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Coniferous spp.:\u00a0White spruce,\u00a0Scots pine<\/li><li>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Shrub spp.:\u00a0Caragana<\/li><\/ul><p>Shelterbelt carbon stocks are reported for 31 clusters within 5 soil zones in Saskatchewan. Each cluster is a group of\u00a0homogeneous ecodistricts. The sub-soil-zone clustering approach grouped similar ecodistricts within the 5 soil zones of agricultural Saskatchewan into clusters for modeling purposes (106 ecodistricts were clustered into 31 clusters). There were between 4 and 8 clusters in each soil zone and each cluster included between 1 and 9 ecodistricts. The method used 42 variables for each clustering analysis (done separately for each soil zone). The number of clusters in each soil zone explained 54-69% of the variation among 42 climatic, topographic, soil, geologic, and plant-growth variables. These variables were extracted from the Soil Landscapes of Canada v. 3.2 (2011) and National Ecological Framework of Canada (1999) datasets.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ce1e47 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ce1e47\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-79573f6\" data-id=\"79573f6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c567633 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c567633\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What are the\u00a0<em>cluster ID<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>soil zone<\/em>\u00a0at my location?<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The map to the right shows the spatial distribution of 31 clusters with 5 soil zones in Saskatchewan.<\/li><li>If you need\u00a0to determine the cluster ID for your farm&#8217;s location,\u00a0please\u00a0go to this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapTools\/index.html?appid=487f614628214115ae399bef3c0d5f58\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">mapping application<\/span><\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b0bcdd0\" data-id=\"b0bcdd0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"paragraph\"><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Shelterbelt Data Analysis<\/span><\/p><p>Shelterbelts have been planted in Saskatchewan for more than a century, since 1901, under the provisions of the Government of Canada\u2019s Prairie Shelterbelt Program (PSP). In the past two decades, the carbon storage potential of planted shelterbelts was recognized, but there was a lack of shelterbelt distribution data and growth models. To estimate the carbon stocks in shelterbelts for the agricultural land in Saskatchewan, the following data analyses are performed (Figures 1 and 2):<\/p><ul><li>Cluster analysis is used to group and map 106 ecodistricts into 31 clusters based on similar tree-growth variables for simulation modeling purposes<\/li><li>Shelterbelt planting and distribution during eight decades and their estimated length are mapped across 31 clusters for six common shelterbelt species<\/li><li>Unbiased selection of field sampling sites is achieved by a modified randomized branch sampling (RBS) procedure to collect data from shelterbelts at randomly selected township locations within randomly selected soil polygons within randomly selected ecodistricts within the cluster with the highest number of trees ordered though the PSP (i.e. model parameterization cluster)<\/li><li>Field data are collected from white spruce (WS), hybrid poplar (HP), Manitoba maple (MM), Scots pine (SP), green ash (GA), and caragana (CG) shelterbelts at a total of 143 sites: 13 for destructive sampling, 59 for model parameterization, and 71 for validation of results (Figure 1)<\/li><li>Field data are used to parameterize the 3PG model and perform tree growth simulations for a 60-yr period, from 1954 to 2014, for three spacings (2.0, 3.5, and 5.0 m, all within a linear row of planted trees) and four mortality levels (0, 15, 30, and 50%) within the parameterization cluster; additionally, 3PG model simulations are conducted for the remaining 30 clusters encompassing the entire agricultural land base in Saskatchewan.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61045b0\" data-id=\"61045b0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51a9d5c gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"51a9d5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-706 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"51a9d5c\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"1-bya-fig1_orig\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTIyOSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3Nhc2thZ3JvZm9yZXN0cnkuY2FcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjFcLzAxXC8xLWJ5YS1maWcxX29yaWcuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNTFhOWQ1YyJ9\" href='https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-bya-fig1_orig.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-bya-fig1_orig-245x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-bya-fig1_orig-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-bya-fig1_orig-835x1024.jpg 835w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-bya-fig1_orig-768x941.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-bya-fig1_orig.jpg 877w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1229'>\n\t\t\t\tFigure 1. Locations of randomly selected shelterbelt sites for field data sampling in Saskatchewan. 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Overview of shelterbelt data analyses and products created for the agricultural land in Saskatchewan. Click to enlarge. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9152cf3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9152cf3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a4b273c\" data-id=\"a4b273c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c067e9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c067e9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Generated Shelterbelt Products<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Yield tables quantifying shelterbelt volume increment are generated by the 3PG model and used as input data in the CBM-CFS3 model\u00a0<\/li><li>In CBM-CFS3, C stocks for six shelterbelt species are generated in 31 clusters and validated with field data<\/li><li>Finally, maps of the carbon stocks inventory are created, including total ecosystem carbon (TEC) and carbon stocks additions (Figure 2)<\/li><li>Carbon inventories are generated for four periods: a\/ planted 1925-2009; b\/ since\u00a0 \u00a01990,\u00a0 \u00a0 regardless\u00a0 of planting period; c\/ planted 1990-2009; and d\/ planted 2015-2075, using the A2-scenario of future climate projections by the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis<\/li><li>All generated products (Figure 2) are valuable tools for shelterbelt decision support systems for future tree planting on agricultural landscapes\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a76232 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4a76232\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-09e4659 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"09e4659\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62e30f8\" data-id=\"62e30f8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9f1dba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b9f1dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Carbon stocks in shelterbelts in Saskatchewan:<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e95ba66\" data-id=\"e95ba66\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c344d12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c344d12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/iss.madlabsk.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/10_bya-3_2016_carbonstocksinshelterbelts_factsheet_v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">PDF<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f4df667 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f4df667\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-56f88c5\" data-id=\"56f88c5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6cf5f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6cf5f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The carbon (C) sequestration potential of six common shelterbelt species in Saskatchewan was 1.3-5.3 Mg C \/ha\/yr (Figure 1), which was similar to other regions in the world. Saskatchewan shelterbelts sequester C at rates that are also comparable to intensively managed shrub willow plantations (15,000 shrubs \/ha) in the province at 4.9-6.6 Mg C \/ha\/yr\u00a0(Figure 1), and to higher density (1,600 trees \/ha) hybrid poplar plantations in western Canada at 1.7-6.1 Mg C \/ha\/yr. Globally, shelterbelts sequester 0.7-2.0 and 1.5-2.0 Mg C \/ha\/yr\u00a0in aboveground biomass, and 0.4-1.0 and 0.8-1.5 Mg C \/ha\/yr\u00a0in the soils, in Asia and Europe, respectively. Much lower C sequestration rates have been reported elsewhere in North America at 0.37-0.73 Mg C \/ha\/yr.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Carbon Stocks Inventory<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Tree growth (3PG model) and C dynamics (CBM-CFS3 model) modelling approaches were used to determine the total ecosystem C (TEC) stocks and C stocks additions in shelterbelts of different ages, species, and planting locations in five soil zones.\u00a0<\/li><li>The total length of six commonly planted shelterbelt species in Saskatchewan, of any planting period, was estimated to be 50,439 Km, and ranged from 991 (white spruce) to 35,245 Km (caragana) (Table 1).<\/li><li>TEC stocks and C stocks additions produced by shelterbelt planting during the course of eight decades were 10.8 and 4.8 Tg C (1 Tg = 1 million Mg), respectively. About 78% of these C stocks additions (3.77 Tg C) occurred since 1990 (Table 1).\u00a0<\/li><li>About 69% of the C stocks additions occurring since 1990 were in caragana shelterbelts, mainly because of the very large number of planted caragana shelterbelts, followed by hybrid poplar (15%) and green ash (9%) (Table 1). The estimated value of 3.77 Tg C additions = $208 mill., at $15 per Mg CO2-eq.<\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Shelterbelt Species Prevalence<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Distribution analysis of six common shelterbelt species from south to north showed a caragana majority in all of the Brown, Dark Brown, and half of the Black soil zone clusters, followed by green ash and hybrid poplar trees (Figure 2)<\/li><li>Mainly in the Gray and Dark Gray zone clusters (latitude &gt; 52\u00b0), conifer shelterbelt species were preferred, and caragana distribution was relatively minimal.<\/li><li>The length of planted shelterbelts in the province is &gt;3 round-trips from Saskatoon to Paris, France. This legacy of the Prairie Shelterbelt Program (PSP) is deeply rooted in the minds and hearts of farmers, directly benefiting Saskatchewan\u2019s agricultural land, as well as indirectly benefiting the local and global climate.<\/li><li>Planting shelterbelt trees and shrubs on agricultural landscapes is an important strategy for mitigating greenhouse gasses.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a4fd52e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a4fd52e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-acae540\" data-id=\"acae540\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f474b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"8f474b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-706 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"8f474b0\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"10-bya-table1_orig\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTI2NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3Nhc2thZ3JvZm9yZXN0cnkuY2FcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjFcLzAxXC8xMC1ieWEtdGFibGUxX29yaWcuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiOGY0NzRiMCJ9\" href='https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/10-bya-table1_orig.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/10-bya-table1_orig-300x155.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-1266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/10-bya-table1_orig-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/10-bya-table1_orig-768x397.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/10-bya-table1_orig.jpg 841w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-1266'>\n\t\t\t\tTable 1. Carbon stocks inventory for six common shelterbelts species in Saskatchewan.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"8f474b0\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"10-bya-fig1_3_orig\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTI2NywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3Nhc2thZ3JvZm9yZXN0cnkuY2FcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjFcLzAxXC8xMC1ieWEtZmlnMV8zX29yaWcuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiOGY0NzRiMCJ9\" href='https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/10-bya-fig1_3_orig.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/10-bya-fig1_3_orig-300x243.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-1267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/10-bya-fig1_3_orig-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/10-bya-fig1_3_orig.jpg 725w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-1267'>\n\t\t\t\tFigure 1. Annual C stocks additions in biomass, litter, and the soil in planted shelterbelts in Saskatchewan for six common shelterbelt tree and shrub species.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"8f474b0\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"10-bya-fig2_orig\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTI2OCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3Nhc2thZ3JvZm9yZXN0cnkuY2FcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjFcLzAxXC8xMC1ieWEtZmlnMl9vcmlnLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjhmNDc0YjAifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/10-bya-fig2_orig.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/10-bya-fig2_orig-300x212.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-1268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/10-bya-fig2_orig-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/10-bya-fig2_orig-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/10-bya-fig2_orig.jpg 841w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-1268'>\n\t\t\t\tFigure 2. Prevalence of six common shelterbelt species in Saskatchewan.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e2dac87 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e2dac87\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4de2941\" data-id=\"4de2941\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d142b4 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5d142b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f64c5b6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f64c5b6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fbfbe02\" data-id=\"fbfbe02\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef04b7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ef04b7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hybrid poplar carbon stocks in shelterbelts<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5fbfd29\" data-id=\"5fbfd29\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89e0c47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"89e0c47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/iss.madlabsk.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/12_bya-4-2_2016_hybridpoplargrowthandcarbonstocks_factsheet_v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">PDF<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2711580 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2711580\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d157b4\" data-id=\"7d157b4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-270215d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"270215d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tree growth (3PG model) and C dynamics (CBM-CFS3 model) modelling approaches were used to determine the total ecosystem C (TEC) stocks and C stocks additions in hybrid poplar shelterbelts in Saskatchewan. Our growth curves and biomass prediction values (Figure 1) were limited to age 60 years. All older-than-60 years shelterbelts were assigned a conservative, 60-year biomass estimate. Differences in climatic and soil conditions caused the wide ranges of hybrid poplar growth in shelterbelts: mean aboveground biomass (stems, branches, bark), at age 60 years, was 397-634 Mg\/Km, diameter at breast height (DBH) was 52-63 cm, and height was 15-17 m (Figure 1). The growth curves were used as input in the CBM-CFS3 model to produce an inventory of the carbon stocks (Table 1) in all hybrid poplar shelterbelts planted from 1925 to 2009.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b56923d\" data-id=\"b56923d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c83a700 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"c83a700\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-706 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"c83a700\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"12-bya-fig1_orig\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTI3NywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3Nhc2thZ3JvZm9yZXN0cnkuY2FcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjFcLzAxXC8xMi1ieWEtZmlnMV9vcmlnLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImM4M2E3MDAifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/12-bya-fig1_orig.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/12-bya-fig1_orig-232x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-1277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/12-bya-fig1_orig-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/12-bya-fig1_orig.jpg 759w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-1277'>\n\t\t\t\tFigure 1. Hybrid poplar growth in shelterbelts \u2013 range of biomass, DBH diameter, and height.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a049298 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a049298\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd88eef\" data-id=\"cd88eef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dc6e60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6dc6e60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Carbon Stocks Inventory<\/span><\/p><ul><li>TEC stocks and C stocks additions in hybrid poplar shelterbelts were 1.3 and 0.68 Tg (1 Tg = 1 million Mg), respectively. About 83% of these C stocks additions (0.57 Tg) occurred since 1990, regardless of tree planting period, and have an estimated value of $31.2 million, at $15 per Mg CO2-eq (Table 1).<\/li><li>About 23% (942 Km) of all hybrid poplar shelterbelts (4,144 Km) were planted in the last 25 years.<\/li><li>For six common shelterbelt species in Saskatchewan, the total length of hybrid poplar shelterbelts is 8.2%, and the TEC stocks stored in them is 12%, of the cumulative length and TEC stocks, respectively.<\/li><li>Although 85% are in the Dark Brown soil zone (Table 1), hybrid poplar shelterbelts represent a consistent 5%, or greater, spatial occurrence across the province, compared to other common shelterbelt species. In the Dark Gray and Gray soil zones, they represent up to 30% of the cumulative TEC stocks (Figure 2).<\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Relative Occurrence and C Sequestration Rate\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Hybrid poplar fast growth and its C sequestration potential make it a very desirable species for shelterbelt establishment (Figure 2)<\/li><li>The average C sequestration rate was 6.03-6.54 Mg C \/Km\/yr, the highest being in the Gray soil zone.<\/li><li>Hybrid poplar relative spatial occurrence and estimated rate of C sequestration (Figure 2) could be used as a guideline for identifying best locations for future planting.<\/li><li>Best predicted areas for future planting are the Gray, Brown, and Dark Brown soil zones, where on the majority of the clusters, the C sequestration rate is estimated &gt;6.3 Mg C \/Km\/yr, ranging 4.62-7.27 Mg C \/Km\/yr.<\/li><li>Planting fast growing hybrid poplar shelterbelt trees on agricultural landscapes is an important strategy for mitigating greenhouse gasses.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c8d739c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c8d739c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f6e8265\" data-id=\"f6e8265\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-beb5f95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"beb5f95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-706 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-medium_large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"beb5f95\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"12-bya-table1_orig\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjY5OSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3Nhc2thZ3JvZm9yZXN0cnkuY2FcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjFcLzAxXC8xMi1ieWEtdGFibGUxX29yaWcuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYmViNWY5NSJ9\" href='https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/12-bya-table1_orig.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/12-bya-table1_orig-768x364.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-2699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/12-bya-table1_orig-768x364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/12-bya-table1_orig-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/12-bya-table1_orig-1024x485.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/12-bya-table1_orig-1200x568.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/12-bya-table1_orig.jpg 1409w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-2699'>\n\t\t\t\tTable 1. Total ecosystem C and C additions stocks in hybrid poplar shelterbelts in Saskatchewan.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e5946db\" data-id=\"e5946db\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c282d87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"c282d87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-706 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-medium_large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"c282d87\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"12-bya-fig2_orig\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjcwMSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3Nhc2thZ3JvZm9yZXN0cnkuY2FcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjFcLzAxXC8xMi1ieWEtZmlnMl9vcmlnLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImMyODJkODcifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/12-bya-fig2_orig.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/12-bya-fig2_orig-768x547.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-2701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/12-bya-fig2_orig-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/12-bya-fig2_orig-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/12-bya-fig2_orig-1024x730.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/12-bya-fig2_orig.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-2701'>\n\t\t\t\tFigure 2. Relative spatial occurrence (top) and C sequestration rate of hybrid poplar shelterbelts across 31 clusters and 5 soil zones in Saskatchewan.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b1b53c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b1b53c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f55568\" data-id=\"9f55568\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3c8aba elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b3c8aba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab58710 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ab58710\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ffc8085\" data-id=\"ffc8085\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35b2f8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"35b2f8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Green ash carbon stocks in shelterbelts<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-12034db\" data-id=\"12034db\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fb7575 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"8fb7575\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/iss.madlabsk.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/14_bya-4-4_2016_greenashgrowthandcarbonstocks_factsheet_v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">PDF<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-772d0b6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"772d0b6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e4597d\" data-id=\"1e4597d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92a38f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92a38f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tree growth (3PG model) and C dynamics (CBM-CFS3 model) modelling approaches were used to determine the total ecosystem C (TEC) stocks and C stocks additions in green ash shelterbelts in Saskatchewan. Our growth curves and biomass prediction values (Figure 1) were limited to age 60 years. All older-than-60 years shelterbelts were assigned a conservative, 60-year biomass estimate. Differences in climatic and soil conditions caused the wide ranges of green ash growth in shelterbelts: mean aboveground biomass (stems, branches, bark), at age 60 years, was 93-148 Mg\/Km, diameter at breast height (DBH) was 25-31 cm, and height was 10-12 m (Figure 1). The growth curves were used in the CBM-CFS3 model to produce an inventory of the carbon stocks (Table 1) in all green ash shelterbelts planted from 1925 to 2009.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-49967c4\" data-id=\"49967c4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dbbb3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"9dbbb3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-7' class='gallery galleryid-706 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-medium_large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"9dbbb3d\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"14-bya-fig1\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjcwMiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3Nhc2thZ3JvZm9yZXN0cnkuY2FcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjFcLzAxXC8xNC1ieWEtZmlnMS5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI5ZGJiYjNkIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14-bya-fig1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"244\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14-bya-fig1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-7-2702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14-bya-fig1.jpg 244w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14-bya-fig1-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-7-2702'>\n\t\t\t\tFigure 1. Green ash growth in shelterbelts: range of biomass, DBH diameter, and height.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-277a4f5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"277a4f5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c18fc9f\" data-id=\"c18fc9f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6774270 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6774270\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Carbon Stocks Inventory<\/span><\/p><ul><li>TEC stocks and C stocks additions in green ash shelterbelts were 0.96 and 0.43 Tg (1 Tg = 1 million Mg), respectively. About 80% of these C stocks additions (0.35 Tg) occurred since 1990, regardless of tree planting period, and have an estimated value of $19 million, at $15 per Mg CO2-eq (Table 1).<\/li><li>42% (2,482 Km) of all green ash shelterbelts (5,841 Km) were planted in the last 25 years.<\/li><li>For six common shelterbelt species in Saskatchewan, the total length of green ash shelterbelts is 12%, and the TEC stocks stored in them is 8.9%, of the cumulative length and TEC stocks, respectively.\u00a0<\/li><li>Although 83% are in the Dark Brown soil zone (Table 1), green ash shelterbelts represent about 10%, or greater, spatial occurrence in the Black, Dark Gray and Gray soil zones. In the Dark Gray soil zone, they represent up to 36% of the cumulative TEC stocks in some clusters (Figure 2).<\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Relative Occurrence and C Sequestration Rate<\/span>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Green ash growth and its C sequestration potential make it a very desirable species for shelterbelt establishment (Figure 2).<\/li><li>The average C sequestration rate was 1.78-1.98 Mg C \/Km\/yr, the highest being in the Gray soil zone.<\/li><li>Green ash relative spatial occurrence and estimated rate of C sequestration (Figure 2) could be used as a guideline for identifying best locations for future planting.<\/li><li>Best predicted areas for future planting are the Black and Gray soil zones, where on the majority of the clusters, the C sequestration rate is estimated &gt;1.85 Mg C \/Km\/yr, ranging 1.42-2.61 Mg C \/Km\/yr.<\/li><li>Planting green ash shelterbelt trees on agricultural landscapes is an important strategy for mitigating greenhouse gasses.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eee9be2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eee9be2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-762e5f0\" data-id=\"762e5f0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1884b70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"1884b70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-8' class='gallery galleryid-706 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium_large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"1884b70\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"14-bya-table1_orig\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjcwMywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3Nhc2thZ3JvZm9yZXN0cnkuY2FcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjFcLzAxXC8xNC1ieWEtdGFibGUxX29yaWcuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMTg4NGI3MCJ9\" href='https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14-bya-table1_orig.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14-bya-table1_orig-768x363.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-8-2703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14-bya-table1_orig-768x363.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14-bya-table1_orig-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14-bya-table1_orig-1024x485.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14-bya-table1_orig-1200x568.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14-bya-table1_orig.jpg 1397w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-8-2703'>\n\t\t\t\tTable 1. Total ecosystem C and C additions stocks in green ash shelterbelts in Saskatchewan.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"1884b70\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"14-bya-fig2_orig\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjcwNCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3Nhc2thZ3JvZm9yZXN0cnkuY2FcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjFcLzAxXC8xNC1ieWEtZmlnMl9vcmlnLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjE4ODRiNzAifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14-bya-fig2_orig.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14-bya-fig2_orig-768x549.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-8-2704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14-bya-fig2_orig-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14-bya-fig2_orig-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14-bya-fig2_orig-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14-bya-fig2_orig.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-8-2704'>\n\t\t\t\tFigure 2. Relative spatial occurrence (top) and C sequestration rate of green ash shelterbelts across 31 clusters and 5 soil zones in Saskatchewan.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-be0941a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"be0941a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ecd258e\" data-id=\"ecd258e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4976be2 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4976be2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fab9d46 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fab9d46\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d1d25d\" data-id=\"4d1d25d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a3757d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a3757d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Manitoba maple carbon stocks in shelterbelts<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e436a7e\" data-id=\"e436a7e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3941190 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3941190\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/iss.madlabsk.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13_bya-4-3_2016_maniotbamaplegrowthandcarbonstocks_factsheet_v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">PDF<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-049d702 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"049d702\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a15d2cc\" data-id=\"a15d2cc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acbc1e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"acbc1e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tree growth (3PG model) and C dynamics (CBM-CFS3 model) modelling approaches were used to determine the total ecosystem C (TEC) stocks and C stocks additions in Manitoba maple shelterbelts in Saskatchewan. Our growth curves and biomass prediction values (Figure 1) were limited to age 60 years. All older-than-60 years shelterbelts were assigned a conservative, 60-year biomass estimate. Differences in climatic and soil conditions caused the wide ranges of Manitoba maple growth in shelterbelts: mean aboveground biomass (stems, branches, bark), at age 60 years, was 118-193 Mg\/Km, diameter at breast height (DBH) was 34-44 cm, and height was 9-11 m (Figure 1). The growth curves were used in the CBM-CFS3 model to produce an inventory of the carbon stocks (Table 1) in all Manitoba maple shelterbelts planted from 1925 to 2009.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f1a77f\" data-id=\"5f1a77f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0e36e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"a0e36e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-9' class='gallery galleryid-706 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-medium_large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"a0e36e3\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"13-bya-fig1_1\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjcwNSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3Nhc2thZ3JvZm9yZXN0cnkuY2FcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjFcLzAxXC8xMy1ieWEtZmlnMV8xLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImEwZTM2ZTMifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/13-bya-fig1_1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"245\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/13-bya-fig1_1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-9-2705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/13-bya-fig1_1.jpg 245w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/13-bya-fig1_1-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-9-2705'>\n\t\t\t\tFigure 1. Manitoba maple growth in shelterbelts: biomass, DBH diameter, height.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fe38c50 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fe38c50\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c0a733\" data-id=\"2c0a733\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b465c4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b465c4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Carbon Stocks Inventory<\/span><\/p><ul><li>TEC stocks and C stocks additions in Manitoba maple shelterbelts were 0.36 and 0.21 Tg (1 Tg = 1 million Mg), respectively. About 67% of these C stocks additions (0.14 Tg) occurred since 1990, regardless of tree planting period, and have an estimated value of $7.8 million, at $15 per Mg CO2-eq (Table 1).<\/li><li>14% (375 Km) of all Manitoba maple shelterbelts (2,646 Km) were planted in the last 25 years.<\/li><li>For six common shelterbelt species in Saskatchewan, the total length of Manitoba maple shelterbelts is 5.2%, and the TEC stocks stored in them is 3.4%, of the cumulative length and TEC stocks, respectively.\u00a0<\/li><li>Although 86% are in the Dark Brown soil zone (Table 1), Manitoba maple shelterbelts represent about 5%, or greater, spatial occurrence in the Black, Dark Gray and Gray soil zones. In the Gray soil zone, they represent up to 16% of the cumulative TEC stocks in some clusters (Figure 2).<\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Relative Occurrence and C Sequestration Rate<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li>Manitoba maple growth and its C sequestration potential make it a valuable species for shelterbelt establishment (Figure 2).<\/li><li>The average C sequestration rate was 2.39-2.60 Mg C \/Km\/yr, the highest being in the Gray soil zone.<\/li><li>Manitoba maple relative spatial occurrence and estimated rate of C sequestration (Figure 2) could be used as a guideline for identifying best locations for future planting.<\/li><li>Best predicted areas for future planting are the Black and Gray soil zones, where on the majority of the clusters, the C sequestration rate is estimated &gt;2.48 Mg C \/Km\/yr, ranging 2.01-3.32 Mg C \/Km\/yr.<\/li><li>Planting Manitoba maple shelterbelt trees on agricultural landscapes is an important strategy for mitigating greenhouse gasses.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70f33d7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70f33d7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52ec466\" data-id=\"52ec466\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0500e04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"0500e04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-10' class='gallery galleryid-706 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium_large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"0500e04\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"13-bya-table1_orig\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjcwOSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3Nhc2thZ3JvZm9yZXN0cnkuY2FcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjFcLzAxXC8xMy1ieWEtdGFibGUxX29yaWcuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMDUwMGUwNCJ9\" href='https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/13-bya-table1_orig.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/13-bya-table1_orig-768x368.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-10-2709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/13-bya-table1_orig-768x368.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/13-bya-table1_orig-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/13-bya-table1_orig-1024x491.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/13-bya-table1_orig-1200x575.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/13-bya-table1_orig.jpg 1395w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-10-2709'>\n\t\t\t\tTable 1. Total ecosystem C and C additions stocks in Manitoba maple shelterbelts in Saskatchewan.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"0500e04\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"13-bya-fig2_orig\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjcxMCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3Nhc2thZ3JvZm9yZXN0cnkuY2FcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjFcLzAxXC8xMy1ieWEtZmlnMl9vcmlnLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjA1MDBlMDQifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/13-bya-fig2_orig.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/13-bya-fig2_orig-768x542.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-10-2710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/13-bya-fig2_orig-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/13-bya-fig2_orig-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/13-bya-fig2_orig-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/13-bya-fig2_orig.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-10-2710'>\n\t\t\t\tFigure 2. Relative spatial occurrence (top) and C sequestration rate of Manitoba maple shelterbelts across 31 clusters and 5 soil zones in Saskatchewan.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e4589cc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e4589cc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8717c74\" data-id=\"8717c74\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cca5d75 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"cca5d75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ea45ad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ea45ad\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-79fc5c5\" data-id=\"79fc5c5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be5d453 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"be5d453\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">White spruce carbon stocks in shelterbelts<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f85feb\" data-id=\"9f85feb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e352c elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"44e352c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/iss.madlabsk.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/11_bya-4-1_2016_whitesprucegrowthandcarbonstocks_factsheet_v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">PDF<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-78e19f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"78e19f8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47e34fd\" data-id=\"47e34fd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c494e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c494e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tree growth (3PG model) and C dynamics (CBM-CFS3 model) modelling approaches were used to determine the total ecosystem C (TEC) stocks and C stocks additions in white spruce shelterbelts in Saskatchewan. Our growth curves and biomass prediction values (Figure 1) were limited to age 60 years. All older-than-60 years shelterbelts were assigned a conservative, 60-year biomass estimate. Differences in climatic and soil conditions caused the wide ranges of white spruce growth in shelterbelts &#8211; mean aboveground biomass (stems, branches, bark), at age 60 years, was 152-253 Mg\/Km, diameter at breast height (DBH) was 29-34 cm, and height was 14-17 m (Figure 1). The growth curves were used as input in the CBM-CFS3 model to produce an inventory of the carbon stocks (Table 1) in all white spruce shelterbelts planted from 1925 to 2009.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e6088e\" data-id=\"4e6088e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f60bb60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"f60bb60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-11' class='gallery galleryid-706 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-medium_large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f60bb60\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"11-bya-fig1_1\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjcxMSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3Nhc2thZ3JvZm9yZXN0cnkuY2FcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjFcLzAxXC8xMS1ieWEtZmlnMV8xLTEuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjYwYmI2MCJ9\" href='https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/11-bya-fig1_1-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"237\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/11-bya-fig1_1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-11-2711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/11-bya-fig1_1-1.jpg 237w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/11-bya-fig1_1-1-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-11-2711'>\n\t\t\t\tFigure 1. White spruce growth in shelterbelts \u2013 range of biomass, DBH diameter, and height.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-be8ceaf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"be8ceaf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-532d3f4\" data-id=\"532d3f4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31a47bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31a47bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Carbon Stocks Inventory<\/span><\/p><ul><li>TEC stocks and C stocks additions in white spruce shelterbelts were 0.13 and 0.05 Tg (1 Tg = 1 million Mg), respectively. Nearly 90% of these C stocks additions (0.045 Tg) occurred since 1990, regardless of tree planting period, and have an estimated value of $2.50 million, at $15 per Mg CO2-eq (Table 1).<\/li><li>About 35% (347 Km) of all white spruce shelterbelts (991 Km) were planted in the last 25 years.<\/li><li>For six common shelterbelt species in Saskatchewan, the total length of white spruce shelterbelts is 2.0%, and the TEC stocks stored in them is 1.2%, of the cumulative length and TEC stocks, respectively.<\/li><li>With the highest number in the Dark Brown soil zone (Table 1), white spruce shelterbelts are relatively more common, compared to other common shelterbelt species, in the Dark Gray and Gray soil zones, where they represent up to 38% of the cumulative TEC stocks in some clusters (Figure 2).<\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Relative Occurrence and C Sequestration Rate<\/span><\/p><ul><li>White spruce growth and its C sequestration potential\u00a0 make it a valuable species for shelterbelt establishment\u00a0 \u00a0 (Figure 2)<\/li><li>The average C sequestration rate was 2.43-2.75 Mg C \/Km\/yr, the highest being in the Gray soil zone.<\/li><li>White spruce relative spatial occurrence and estimated rate of C sequestration (Figure 2) could be used as a guideline for identifying best locations for future planting.<\/li><li>Best predicted areas for future planting are the Black, Dark Gray, and Gray soil zones, where on the majority of the clusters, the C sequestration rate is estimated &gt;2.6 Mg C \/Km\/yr, ranging 1.98-3.25 Mg C \/Km\/yr.<\/li><li>Planting white spruce shelterbelt trees on agricultural landscapes is an important strategy for mitigating greenhouse gasses.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dd8a15f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dd8a15f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c91370\" data-id=\"4c91370\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efc1b0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"efc1b0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-12' class='gallery galleryid-706 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium_large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"efc1b0f\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"11-bya-table1_1_orig\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjcxMiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3Nhc2thZ3JvZm9yZXN0cnkuY2FcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjFcLzAxXC8xMS1ieWEtdGFibGUxXzFfb3JpZy5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiJlZmMxYjBmIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/11-bya-table1_1_orig.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/11-bya-table1_1_orig-768x364.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-12-2712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/11-bya-table1_1_orig-768x364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/11-bya-table1_1_orig-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/11-bya-table1_1_orig-1024x485.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/11-bya-table1_1_orig-1200x569.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/11-bya-table1_1_orig.jpg 1399w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-12-2712'>\n\t\t\t\tTable 1. Total ecosystem C and C additions stocks in white spruce shelterbelts in Saskatchewan.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"efc1b0f\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"11-bya-fig2_1_orig\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjcxMywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3Nhc2thZ3JvZm9yZXN0cnkuY2FcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjFcLzAxXC8xMS1ieWEtZmlnMl8xX29yaWcuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZWZjMWIwZiJ9\" href='https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/11-bya-fig2_1_orig.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/11-bya-fig2_1_orig-768x549.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-12-2713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/11-bya-fig2_1_orig-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/11-bya-fig2_1_orig-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/11-bya-fig2_1_orig-1024x733.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/11-bya-fig2_1_orig.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-12-2713'>\n\t\t\t\tFigure 2. Relative spatial occurrence (top) and C sequestration rate of white spruce shelterbelts across 31 clusters and 5 soil zones in Saskatchewan.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-128b79e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"128b79e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dd74cb8\" data-id=\"dd74cb8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be43bce elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"be43bce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cecb857 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cecb857\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e52fe7\" data-id=\"3e52fe7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8dd769 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b8dd769\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scots pine carbon stocks in shelterbelts<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f62639\" data-id=\"4f62639\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a95fccb elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a95fccb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/iss.madlabsk.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/15_bya-4-5_2016_scotspinegrowthandcarbonstocks_factsheet_v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">PDF<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55b49e5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55b49e5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80633e4\" data-id=\"80633e4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00e7969 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"00e7969\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tree growth (3PG model) and C dynamics (CBM-CFS3 model) modelling approaches were used to determine the total ecosystem C (TEC) stocks and C stocks additions in Scots pine shelterbelts in Saskatchewan. Our growth curves and biomass prediction values (Figure 1) were limited to age 60 years. All older-than-60 years shelterbelts were assigned a conservative, 60-year biomass estimate. Differences in climatic and soil conditions caused the wide ranges of Scots pine growth in shelterbelts: mean aboveground biomass (stems, branches, bark), at age 60 years, was 119-201 Mg\/Km, diameter at breast height (DBH) was 28-37 cm, and height was 11-13 m (Figure 1). The growth curves were used in the CBM-CFS3 model to produce an inventory of the carbon stocks (Table 1) in all Scots pine shelterbelts planted from 1925 to 2009.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d0cfde0\" data-id=\"d0cfde0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f66f96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"2f66f96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-13' class='gallery galleryid-706 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-medium_large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"2f66f96\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"15-bya-fig1\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjcxNCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3Nhc2thZ3JvZm9yZXN0cnkuY2FcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjFcLzAxXC8xNS1ieWEtZmlnMS5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiIyZjY2Zjk2In0%3D\" href='https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/15-bya-fig1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"245\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/15-bya-fig1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-13-2714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/15-bya-fig1.jpg 245w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/15-bya-fig1-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-13-2714'>\n\t\t\t\tFigure 1. Scots pine growth in shelterbelts: range of biomass, DBH diameter, and height.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c500b6e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c500b6e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d1dff2c\" data-id=\"d1dff2c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a4bde7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a4bde7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Carbon Stocks Inventory\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li>TEC stocks and C stocks additions in Scots pine shelterbelts were 0.18 and 0.064 Tg (1 Tg = 1 million Mg), respectively. About 87% of these C stocks additions (0.056 Tg) occurred since 1990, regardless of tree planting period, and have an estimated value of $3.1 million, at $15 per Mg CO2-eq (Table 1).<\/li><li>30% (479 Km) of all Scots pine shelterbelts (1,573 Km) were planted in the last 25 years.<\/li><li>For six common shelterbelt species in Saskatchewan, the total length of Scots pine shelterbelts is 3.1%, and the TEC stocks stored in them is 1.7%, of the cumulative length and TEC stocks, respectively.\u00a0<\/li><li>Although 86% are in the Dark Brown soil zone (Table 1), Scots pine shelterbelts represent about 10%, or greater, spatial occurrence in the Dark Gray and Gray soil zones. In the Gray soil zone, they represent up to 90% of the cumulative TEC stocks in some clusters (Figure 2).<\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Relative Occurrence and C Sequestration Rate<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Scots pine growth and its C sequestration potential make it a valuable species for shelterbelt establishment (Figure 2).<\/li><li>The average C sequestration rate was 1.90-2.17 Mg C \/Km\/yr, the highest being in the Gray soil zone.<\/li><li>Scots pine relative spatial occurrence and estimated rate of C sequestration (Figure 2) could be used as a guideline for identifying best locations for future planting.<\/li><li>Best predicted areas for future planting are the Black and Gray soil zones, where on the majority of the clusters, the C sequestration rate is estimated &gt;2.05 Mg C \/Km\/yr, ranging 1.44-2.67 Mg C \/Km\/yr.<\/li><li>Planting Scots pine shelterbelt trees on agricultural landscapes is an important strategy for mitigating greenhouse gasses.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ebf0b15 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ebf0b15\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2133214\" data-id=\"2133214\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d992562 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"d992562\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-14' class='gallery galleryid-706 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium_large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"d992562\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"15-bya-table1_orig\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjcxNSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3Nhc2thZ3JvZm9yZXN0cnkuY2FcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjFcLzAxXC8xNS1ieWEtdGFibGUxX29yaWcuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZDk5MjU2MiJ9\" href='https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/15-bya-table1_orig.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/15-bya-table1_orig-768x368.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-14-2715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/15-bya-table1_orig-768x368.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/15-bya-table1_orig-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/15-bya-table1_orig-1024x490.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/15-bya-table1_orig-1200x575.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/15-bya-table1_orig.jpg 1397w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-14-2715'>\n\t\t\t\tTable 1. Total ecosystem C and C additions stocks in Scots pine shelterbelts in Saskatchewan.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"d992562\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"15-bya-fig2_orig\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjcxNiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3Nhc2thZ3JvZm9yZXN0cnkuY2FcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjFcLzAxXC8xNS1ieWEtZmlnMl9vcmlnLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImQ5OTI1NjIifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/15-bya-fig2_orig.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/15-bya-fig2_orig-768x549.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-14-2716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/15-bya-fig2_orig-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/15-bya-fig2_orig-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/15-bya-fig2_orig-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/15-bya-fig2_orig.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-14-2716'>\n\t\t\t\tFigure 2. Relative spatial occurrence (top) and C sequestration rate of Scots pine shelterbelts across 31 clusters and 5 soil zones in Saskatchewan.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf0e4d3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bf0e4d3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ff0aa30\" data-id=\"ff0aa30\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ad8881 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4ad8881\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dc2eb1c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dc2eb1c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ced94e\" data-id=\"9ced94e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff57637 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff57637\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Caragana carbon stocks in shelterbelts<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9547bbe\" data-id=\"9547bbe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32a52eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"32a52eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/iss.madlabsk.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/16_bya-4-6_2016_caraganagrowthandcarbonstocks_factsheet_v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">PDF<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e03e568 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e03e568\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ec4377\" data-id=\"5ec4377\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a4dcdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a4dcdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Growth (3PG model) and C dynamics (CBM-CFS3 model) modelling approaches were used to determine the total ecosystem C (TEC) stocks and C stocks additions in multi-stem caragana shrub shelterbelts in Saskatchewan. Our growth curves and biomass prediction values (Figure 1) were limited to age 60 years. All older-than-60 years shelterbelts were assigned a conservative, 60-year biomass estimate. Differences in climatic and soil conditions caused the wide ranges of caragana growth in shelterbelts: mean aboveground biomass (stems, branches, bark), at age 60 years, was 93-147 Mg\/Km, plant diameter at 30 cm height was 30-36 cm, and the height of tallest stem was 8-9 m (Figure 1). The growth curves were used in the CBM-CFS3 model to produce an inventory of the carbon stocks (Table 1) in all caragana shrub shelterbelts planted from 1925 to 2009.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d5f17c\" data-id=\"5d5f17c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c179be3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"c179be3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-15' class='gallery galleryid-706 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-medium_large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"c179be3\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"16-bya-fig1\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjcxOCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3Nhc2thZ3JvZm9yZXN0cnkuY2FcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjFcLzAxXC8xNi1ieWEtZmlnMS5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiJjMTc5YmUzIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/16-bya-fig1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"257\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/16-bya-fig1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-15-2718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/16-bya-fig1.jpg 257w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/16-bya-fig1-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-15-2718'>\n\t\t\t\tFigure 1. Caragana growth in shelterbelts: range of biomass, plant diameter, and height.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f0273a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f0273a0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-122cead\" data-id=\"122cead\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dee93c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dee93c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Carbon Stocks Inventory<\/span><\/p><ul><li>TEC stocks and C stocks additions in caragana shelterbelts were 7.9 and 3.4 Tg (1 Tg = 1 million Mg), respectively. About 77% of these C stocks additions (2.6 Tg) occurred since 1990, regardless of the planting period, and have an estimated value of $144 million, at $15 per Mg CO2-eq (Table 1).<\/li><li>20% (7,053 Km) of all caragana shrub shelterbelts (35,245 Km) were planted in the last 25 years.<\/li><li>For six common shelterbelt species in Saskatchewan, the total length of caragana shelterbelts is 70%, and the TEC stocks stored in them is 73%, of the cumulative length and TEC stocks, respectively.\u00a0<\/li><li>Although 76% are in the Dark Brown soil zone (Table 1), caragana shrub shelterbelts represent about 20-70% of the cumulative TEC stocks in the Black soil zone. In the Brown soil zone, they have spatial occurrence up to 90% in some clusters, and are consistently &gt;75% across all clusters (Figure 2).<\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Relative Occurrence and C Sequestration Rate<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Caragana growth, ability to resprout quickly, and its C sequestration potential make it a very desirable species for shelterbelt establishment (Figure 2).<\/li><li>The average C sequestration rate was 1.73-2.03 Mg C \/Km\/yr, the highest being in the Gray soil zone.<\/li><li>Caragana relative spatial occurrence and estimated rate of C sequestration (Figure 2) could be used as a guideline for identifying best locations for future planting.<\/li><li>Best predicted areas for future planting are the Brown and Gray soil zones, where on the majority of the clusters, the C sequestration rate is estimated &gt;2.00 Mg C\u00a0\/Km\/yr, ranging 1.41-2.53 Mg C\u00a0\/Km\/yr.<\/li><li>Planting caragana shrub shelterbelts on agricultural landscapes is an important strategy for mitigating greenhouse gasses.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-676bc84 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"676bc84\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a9f0282\" data-id=\"a9f0282\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc28c02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"dc28c02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-16' class='gallery galleryid-706 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium_large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"dc28c02\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"16-bya-table1_orig\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjcxOSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3Nhc2thZ3JvZm9yZXN0cnkuY2FcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjFcLzAxXC8xNi1ieWEtdGFibGUxX29yaWcuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZGMyOGMwMiJ9\" href='https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/16-bya-table1_orig.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/16-bya-table1_orig-768x368.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-16-2719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/16-bya-table1_orig-768x368.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/16-bya-table1_orig-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/16-bya-table1_orig-1024x490.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/16-bya-table1_orig-1200x575.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/16-bya-table1_orig.jpg 1389w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-16-2719'>\n\t\t\t\tTable 1. Total ecosystem C and C additions stocks in caragana shelterbelts in Saskatchewan.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"dc28c02\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"16-bya-fig2_orig\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjcyMCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3Nhc2thZ3JvZm9yZXN0cnkuY2FcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjFcLzAxXC8xNi1ieWEtZmlnMl9vcmlnLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImRjMjhjMDIifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/16-bya-fig2_orig.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/16-bya-fig2_orig-768x547.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-16-2720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/16-bya-fig2_orig-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/16-bya-fig2_orig-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/16-bya-fig2_orig-1024x729.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/16-bya-fig2_orig.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-16-2720'>\n\t\t\t\tFigure 2. Relative spatial occurrence (top) and C sequestration rate of caragana shelterbelts across 31 clusters and 5 soil zones in Saskatchewan.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carbon Stocks Carbon stocks and growth of six common shelterbelt species: Overview of data analyses used to estimate carbon stocks in shelterbelts in Saskatchewan. Carbon stocks in shelterbelts in Saskatchewan. Carbon stocks by shelterbelt species: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Deciduous spp.:&nbsp;Hybrid poplar,&nbsp;Green ash,&nbsp;Manitoba maple &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Coniferous spp.:&nbsp;White spruce,&nbsp;Scots pine &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Shrub spp.:&nbsp;Caragana [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"enabled","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-706","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2983,"href":"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/706\/revisions\/2983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}