Forest carbon in Minnesota and overview of FVS modeling
Forest carbon
Presentation
Presentation at the Carbon and Minnesota Forest Management Symposium.
Accurate projections of forest resources are needed for statewide assessments of forest carbon. These slides show how Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data were used as input data to the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) to forecast forest carbon attributes in Minnesota for 100 years. Four forest management treatments were simulated, including: (1) no management, (2) business as usual, (3), economic intensive, and (4) climate-adapted. An essential part of this project was calibrating the growth model for local conditions depending on forest type.
These slides were presented at the Carbon and Minnesota Forest Management Symposium in Cloquet, MN on Nov. 12, 2025.