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<br />Page 13 of 24 <br /> <br />worldwide, to clear tracks, flush out game, control <br />insect pests and restrict the regrowth of forests. One <br />of the goals of the Eno River Association and this <br />project is to learn from and reinstate these practices <br />in our landscape. With our growing relationship <br />fostered by our Community Partners Manager, we <br />intend to continue to connect and collaborate with <br />the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation on this <br />project. <br /> <br />Criterion 2 - Emissions Reduced <br />This criterion has a maximum score of 4 pts (out of a total of 26 pts). <br />Please see the Grant Project website for estimation tools and the Background and Information document for <br />information about technical assistance. Applicants are encouraged to ask for clarification and technical <br />assistance as early as possible and no later than the posted deadline for questions. <br />12. How many tons of greenhouse <br />gas emissions will your project <br />reduce/avoid each year? <br />Please list any data sources <br />used and show the steps of <br />any calculations. Feel free to <br />submit in a separate document <br />if clearly labeled. <br />We used Michigan State University’s US Cropland Greenhouse Gas <br />Calculator to estimate a 3-year average of the greenhouse gas <br />emissions per acre for the fields intended for reforestation or <br />conversion to Piedmont prairie. For the 8.6-acre field planned for <br />reforestation, which was only recently acquired, we believe the crops <br />planted rotated between corn and soybeans. The 14.2-acre field <br />planned for Piedmont prairie conversion has primarily been used for <br />hay, so we used the “switchgrass” category in the calculator. Average <br />January low temperature, July high temperature, and annual rainfall <br />were entered based on USA.com’s Orange County Weather page. The <br />soil clay content was estimated at 30%, about average for the <br />Georgeville clay loam found at the Confluence. Soil bulk density and <br />initial carbon soil carbon were left at the default values of 1.4 g/cm3 <br />and 0.5%, respectively. <br />Based on these estimates, by ceasing agriculture on the field to be <br />reforested, the emission of roughly 2.5 metric tons of CO2 equivalent <br />will be avoided each year. The emission of roughly 4.5 metric tons of <br />CO2 equivalent per year will be avoided by ceasing agriculture on the <br />field intended for conversion to Piedmont prairie. <br />We used the University of New Mexico’s formula to estimate CO2 <br />sequestration for the field to be reforested. To estimate carbon <br />sequestered per year, we estimated that trees grow roughly 0.2 inches <br />per year in diameter and 1.5 feet per year in height based on resources <br />from the US Forest Service and Nebraska Forest Service providing <br />average growth rates for northern red oak (Quercus rubra). We <br />estimate that trees will be planted with a 20 foot by 20 foot spacing, <br />for a total of roughly 1300 seedlings planted in the 8.6-acre field. We <br />estimated that roughly 20% of these seedlings may die. <br />Based on these parameters, the reforested field is estimated to <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 044C3299-6F90-4782-B8F5-C4A7339F0897