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Comment 5 for Public Workshop: 2022 Scoping Plan Update – Natural and Working Lands Technical Workshop (nwl-2021-tech-ws) - 1st Workshop.
First Name: Dan
Last Name: Silver
Email Address: dsilverla@me.com
Affiliation: Endangered Habitats League
Subject: Policy, Threats, and Mechanisms for Shrublands
Comment:
Thank you for the opportunity to comment. Endangered Habitats League suggests soil and vegetation carbon sequestration as a POLICY OBJECTIVE for shrublands. THREATS to this ecosystem are conversion to carbon-intensive developed uses as well as type-conversion to annual weeds due to wildfire and counterproductive vegetation treatments such as prescribed fire and vegetation removal outside of defensible space for structures. MECHANISMS to sequester carbon include land protection via acquisition. Property acquisition will preclude conversion to developed uses as well as provide co-benefits of ecological resilience and adaptation. There should be some metric to capture the benefit of avoided carbon emissions from conversion to development. Note that conservation easements have a limited role due to landowner preference.
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2021-07-21 11:32:50
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