Press release from the City of Arcata:

Looking to offset upcoming travel or purchase local gifts for the environmentally-conscious friends and family? Consider the gift of carbon offsets from the Arcata Community Forest!

Thanks to a partnership between the City of Arcata’s Environmental Services Department and the Climate Action Reserve, anyone can invest in ecologically based, sustainable forestry and protect the climate by purchasing local carbon offsets. The City once again has forest carbon offsets available from the Arcata Community Forest’s Jacoby Creek Forest Tract and Sunnybrae Forest Tract. The City anticipates having even more carbon credits available later in 2025 following a stringent reverification process with the Climate Action Reserve. The City would like to remind residents to reduce carbon emissions when they can, and offset when they can’t!

For $37 per metric ton (or $35 each when buying 10 or more), greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will be reduced equivalent to a round-trip flight from SFO to JFK or driving a midsized car 2,000 miles. Give the eco gift that keeps on giving to the whole planet! Buying offsets from the Arcata Community Forest helps to grow large, old trees and pays for carbon sequestration for the long term — that’s 100 years or more!

For more information on reducing greenhouse gases with carbon offsets, go to climateactionreserve.org/. To buy Arcata Community Forest carbon offsets, visit the City’s webpage to download and fill out a purchase form at cityofarcata.org/710/Carbon-Sequestration-Other.

For any questions or to learn more about the City’s forest carbon offsets, please call the Environmental Services Department at (707) 822-8184 or email the department at eservices@cityofarcata.org.