Kyle Rizdahl

Let's talk trees here for a second.

Let's talk trees here for a second.

Actually, let's talk forestry, which is, broadly speaking, the industry of trees.

Actually, let's talk forestry, which is, broadly speaking, the industry of trees.

If you measure it by total timber harvest, the amount of private timberland and tree product exports, that's pulp and paper and logs, Georgia is the number one forestry state in the country.

If you measure it by total timber harvest, the amount of private timberland and tree product exports, that's pulp and paper and logs, Georgia is the number one forestry state in the country.

That's all well and good until you can't get people to buy what you are selling.

That's all well and good until you can't get people to buy what you are selling.

Nearly a dozen paper mills have closed across the American South in the past couple of years.

Nearly a dozen paper mills have closed across the American South in the past couple of years.

That while the industry was already struggling with low timber prices and trees lost to hurricanes.

That while the industry was already struggling with low timber prices and trees lost to hurricanes.

So some landowners are trying to find a market for the carbon that their forests can store, as Emily Jones from WABE and Grist reports.

So some landowners are trying to find a market for the carbon that their forests can store, as Emily Jones from WABE and Grist reports.

I've been in this business for 30 years, and I've never experienced anything close to what we've experienced in the last two years.

I've been in this business for 30 years, and I've never experienced anything close to what we've experienced in the last two years.

It's just everyone's scrambling.

It's just everyone's scrambling.

We may see a decline in the number of acres that are kept in forests and the quality of the land that is forested.

We may see a decline in the number of acres that are kept in forests and the quality of the land that is forested.