A Land-Use-Based County-Level Carbon Budget for Chittenden County

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A Land-Use-Based County-Level Carbon Budget for Chittenden County

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A Land-Use-Based County-Level Carbon Budget for Chittenden County dget for Chittenden County, VermontErin QuigleyL’ntwwiry of VermontFollow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddisRecommende

d CitationQpigley, Erin, "A Land-Use-Rased County-Level Carbon Budget for Chittenden County, Vermont” {2008). Graduate CollegeDissertations and Theses A Land-Use-Based County-Level Carbon Budget for Chittenden County

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A Land-Use-Based County-Level Carbon Budget for Chittenden County eth QuigleytoThe Faculty of the Graduate CollegeofThe University of VermontIn Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Scie

nce Specializing in Natural ResourcesMay. 2008Accepted by the Faculty of the Graduate College, rhe University of Vermont, in partial fulfillment of th A Land-Use-Based County-Level Carbon Budget for Chittenden County

e requirements for the degree of Master of Science, specializing in Natural Resources.Thesis Examination Committee:ChairpersonVice President for Resea

A Land-Use-Based County-Level Carbon Budget for Chittenden County

rch and Dean of Graduate StudiesDate: March 25,2008ABSTRACTAs interest grows in mitigating atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO;) concentrations, there is a

University of VermontScholarWorks (o> ƯVMGraduate College Dissertations and ThesesDissertations and Theses2008A Land-Use-Based County-Level Carbon Bud

A Land-Use-Based County-Level Carbon Budget for Chittenden County thropogenic sources and sinks of atmospheric CO; on a count}' scale. In collaboration with the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation’s (HBRFs) Sciencelink

s Carbon Group, a net c budget for Chittenden Count}', Vermont lias been created, with key c soiuces and sinks categorized in terms of land use.The pr A Land-Use-Based County-Level Carbon Budget for Chittenden County

imary goal of the budget is to provide up-to-date and accurate decisionmaking information to planners and policy-makers in the county, allowing the mo

A Land-Use-Based County-Level Carbon Budget for Chittenden County

st tangible benefits to be gamed from mitigation efforts. This project creates and tests a methodology that is easily replicable in any county in the

University of VermontScholarWorks (o> ƯVMGraduate College Dissertations and ThesesDissertations and Theses2008A Land-Use-Based County-Level Carbon Bud

A Land-Use-Based County-Level Carbon Budget for Chittenden County ests that Chittenden County is a net sink for C; 1.12 Tg c accumulate per year in the county’s biomass and soils while 0.418 Tg c are emitted each yea

r through antluopogemc activity within the county, c emitted 111 the manufacture of imported products IS not considered.This work contributes to a lar A Land-Use-Based County-Level Carbon Budget for Chittenden County

ger ongoing stud}’ by the HBRF which compares c emissions and sequestration among seven counties representing different patterns of land use.

University of VermontScholarWorks (o> ƯVMGraduate College Dissertations and ThesesDissertations and Theses2008A Land-Use-Based County-Level Carbon Bud