Re:Another carbon capture idea for the Forest Serv (Score 1)

Maybe I'm missing something being new to this thread, but it seems that restoring degraded temperate forests is an excellent way to greatly increase carbon sequestration. In Idaho's Salmon River watershed, this would all be natural and would cost nothing. By removing four federally-owned dams/reservoirs on the Lower Snake River in remote Southeast Washington, NOAA Fisheries forsees a resurgence of salmon returns. The salmon die after spawning near their natal waters, and their carcasses feed bears, wolves, birds, shrews, insects, etc (see bluefish.org/keystone.htm for list of 137 animal species that salmon support as a keystone). For millennia, Idaho's granitic soils have relied heavily upon marine nutrients. With the building of (illegal) building of dams on the Lower Snake (1960-1975) the salmon runs have dwindled, many tributary runs in a state of Quasi-Extinction (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nwcouncil.org/sites/default/files/2021_05_4.pdf&source=gmail-imap&ust=1701219375000000&usg=AOvVaw02bKc1j5EMTcxy52JBC0mK). Returning salmon to their former glory will go a long way towards restoring Idaho's degraded temperate forests (see Project Drawdown on this topic). Who wouldn't like another 90MMT annual carbon sequestration? I've used Project Drawdown's assumptions to forecast that range of benefit. Please ask them or others to refine my estimate.