The 2024 State of the Forest Report explores the critical relationship between forests and carbon. On a surface level, these may seem to be two very different things. Carbon is an atom, and forests are massive ecosystems. But upon closer examination, the relationship and its importance to modern life on Earth becomes clear.
Riparian forests around Hallam Lake in September 2023.
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Aspen trees, like these found in the Roaring Fork Watershed, are clonal organisms and among the oldest know living organisms
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