Establishing perennial vegetation on land retired from agriculture production increases soil carbon and increases biomass carbon stocks.
329
Residue and Tillage Management,
No-Till/Strip-Till/Direct Seed
Limiting soil-disturbing activities improves soil carbon retention and minimizes carbon emissions from soils.
366
Anaerobic Digester
Biogas capture reduces CH4 emissions to the atmosphere and provides a viable gas stream that is used for electricity generation or as a natural gas energy stream.
367
Roofs and Covers
Capture of biogas from waste management facilities reduces CH4 emissions to the atmosphere and captures biogas for energy production. CH4 management reduces direct greenhouse gas emissions.
372
Combustion System Improvement
Energy efficiency improvements reduce on-farm fossil fuel consumption and directly reduce CO2 emissions.
379
Multi-Story Cropping
Establishing trees and shrubs that are managed as an overstory to crops increases net carbon storage in woody biomass and soils. Harvested biomass can serve as a renewable fuel and feedstock.
380
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment
Establishing linear plantings of woody plants increases biomass carbon stocks and enhances soil carbon.
381
Silvopasture Establishment
Establishment of trees, shrubs, and compatible forages on the same acreage increases biomass carbon stocks and enhances soil carbon.
512
Forage and Biomass Planting
Deep-rooted perennial biomass sequesters carbon and may have slight soil carbon benefits. Harvested biomass can serve as a renewable fuel and feedstock.
590
Nutrient Management
Precisely managing the amount, source, timing, placement, and form of nutrient and soil amendments to ensure ample nitrogen availability and avoid excess nitrogen application reduces N2O emissions to the atmosphere.
592
Feed Management
Diets and feed management strategies can be prescribed to minimize enteric CH4 emissions from ruminants.
612
Tree/Shrub Establishment
Establishing trees and shrubs on a site where trees/shrubs were not previously established increases biomass carbon and increases soil carbon. Mature biomass can serve as a renewable fuel and feedstock.
666
Forest Stand Improvement
Proper forest stand management (density, size class, understory species, etc.) improves forest health and increases carbon sequestration potential of the forest stand. Managed forests sequester carbon above and below ground. Harvested biomass can serve as a renewable fuel and feedstock.
Trees and/or shrubs are planted in combination with crops and forages. Increasing biomass density increases carbon sequestration and enhances soil carbon stocks.
Establishing deep-rooted perennial and self-sustaining vegetation such as grasses, forbs, legumes, shrubs and trees improves biomass carbon sequestration and enhances soil carbon.
603
Herbaceous Wind Barriers
Perennial herbaceous vegetation increases biomass carbon sequestration and soil carbon.
Ridge planting promotes organic material accumulation that increases soil carbon. Reconstruction of ridges in the same row year after year will maximize organic matter buildup in the row. Shallow soil disturbance maintains soil carbon in the undisturbed horizons.
632
Solid/Liquid Waste Separation Facility
Removal of solids from the liquid waste stream improves the efficiency of anaerobic digesters. CH4 generation is maximized within the digester by separating solids from the liquid feedstock. Proper management of the solid and liquid waste streams increases CH4 that is available for capture and combustion.
Establishing permanent vegetation on degraded sites enhances soil carbon and increases carbon sequestration by adding vegetative biomass.
344
Residue Management, Seasonal
Managing residue enhances soil carbon when crop residues are allowed to decompose on a seasonal basis, increasing soil organic matter and reducing soil disturbance.
345
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till
Soil carbon increases when crop residues are allowed to decompose, increasing soil organic matter and minimizing soil disturbance.
384
Woody Residue Treatment
Woody plant residues managed (chipped, scattered, etc.) on-site will increase soil carbon and soil organic matter. Forest slash that is removed can serve as a renewable fuel and feedstock.
386
Field Border
Permanent vegetative field borders sequester carbon and increase soil carbon content.
393
Filter Strip
Herbaceous vegetation in filter strips has slight carbon sequestration benefits and enhances soil carbon.
412
Grassed Waterways
Perennial forbs and tall bunch grasses provide slight carbon sequestration benefits, minimize soil disturbance, and increase soil carbon.
422
Hedgerow Planting
Woody plants and perennial bunch grasses increase biomass carbon stocks and enhance soil carbon.
543
Land Reclamation Abandoned Mined Land
Establishment of permanent trees, shrubs, and grasses on abandoned and unmanaged lands increases biomass carbon stocks and enhances soil carbon.
544
Land Reclamation Currently Mined Land
Establishment of permanent trees, shrubs, and grasses increases biomass carbon stocks and enhances soil carbon. Pre-mining baselines are important to establish prior to evaluating any carbon benefits.
589C
Cross Wind Trap Strips
Perennial vegetative cover increases biomass carbon stocks and enhances soil carbon. Minimized soil disturbance also enhances soil carbon.
657
Wetland Restoration
Establishment of vegetation, particularly woodland and forest vegetation, increases biomass carbon stocks. Soil organic carbon is increased by incorporating compost as a physical soil amendment.
