We Produce Efficient, Durable Carbon Dioxide Removal
Woody Biomass Storage provides numerous co-benefits:
- Reduces wildfire risk
- Creates rural jobs
- Improves air quality
- Improves forest and watershed health
Woody Biomass Burial (WBS) in a nutshell
We gather wastewood out of standing forests that otherwise would exacerbate the risk of uncontrolled wildfire.
We transport wood to a nearby, woodcache. To minimize emissions we limit the distance the wood can be transported.
We carefully excavate a woodcache and bury the wood. Careful woodcache engineering keeps the wood away from heat, moisture, and oxygen.
We revegetate the woodcache site and restore the land its highest and best purpose within one year.
We carefully measure what we’ve done through a proprietary Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system for hundreds of years.
We Practice Radical Candor
Earning and preserving the public's confidence is our most important responsibility. Nothing matters more.
Our Mission
To deliver the most scalable, most measurable, least speculative, highest yield carbon removal solutions at gigatonne scale with minimal delay and maximal positive impact.
Check out our Colorado Pilot Project
We removed more than 100 metric tons CO2 in September 2023. Our Measurement Reporting and Verification (MRV) indicates the carbon is staying removed.
We have come a long way, fast
Woodcache is committed to act with the urgency demanded by the climate crisis.
Decomposition of Forest Products Buried in Landfills
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Wood Biodegradation in Laboratory-Scale Landfills
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Understanding the Utilization of Woody Biomass Through the Perspectives of Southwest United States Forest Service Land Managers: A Qualitative Study
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Wood Waste Utilization Assessment for the Greater Taos, New Mexico Region
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Sustainable Wood Procurement: What the Literature Tells Us
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals From Forest Land, Woodlands, and Urban Trees in the United States, 1990-2018
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A Large and Persistent Carbon Sink in the World’s Forests
The terrestrial carbon sink has been large in recent decades, but its size and location remain uncertain. Using forest inventory data and long-term ecosystem carbon
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The Updated Billion-Ton Resource Assesment
This paper summarizes the results of an update to a resource assessment, published in 2005, commonly referred to as the Billion-Ton Study (BTS). The updated
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Basic Principles of Forest Fuel Reduction Treatments
"Not every forest is at risk of uncharacteristically severe wildfire, but drier forests are in need of active management to mitigate fire hazard. We summarize
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The Changing Risk and Burden of Wildfire in the United States
The authors find that wildfires have accounted for as much as half of the most dangerous air pollution particles in some western regions.
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Most Common Questions
We’re proudly committed to helping any interested party create a functional understanding of what we do. If you don’t see an answer to something you’re wondering about, reach out!