This project generates forest carbon credits by "extending rotations, expanding riparian buffers, establishing reserves to protect unique features, and reducing harvest on steep slopes above and beyond the standards required by regulations. These strategies are designed not only to generate forest carbon, but also to enhance riparian and terrestrial habitat for threatened and endangered species such as Pacific salmon, the northern spotted owl and marbled murrelets. Pacific Northwest forests such as Sooes which are dominated by long-lived species such as Douglas fir, Sitka spruce, western hemlock and western red cedar have the ability to sequester more carbon than almost any other terrestrial ecosystem. "