The article discusses the high costs associated with rebuilding after wildfires, exemplified by losses from the recent Los Angeles fires. Grant Canary, co-founder of Mast Reforestation, highlights the financial risks landowners face, noting the lengthy growth period of trees. Mast offers a solution through biomass burial, preventing decay by entombing dead trees and selling carbon credits sooner. They raised $25 million for their first project in Montana, promoting an environmentally conscious method that minimizes soot emissions while addressing the need for effective forest restoration.
Canary said Mast has devised a way to pay for reforestation today, without landowners needing to wait decades to either harvest timber or claim carbon credits.
The biggest cost in reforestation is dealing with the dead, burned trees. Frequently, they're cut down, piled up, and burned on site.
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