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Montana Rangeland Carbon Sequestration Project Pool

This project consists of 9 ranching contracts that have been pooled together, representing 28,570 hectares (70,600 acres) of rangeland in southeastern Montana (Carter, Custer, and Powder River counties).  Ranchers in this project are committed to carefully managed rotational grazing practices for cattle and horses that allow the grassland communities to sequester CO₂ in the soil.  Different sections of the rangeland are rested during different times of year, and this pattern is switched from year to year to allow grassland plant species a chance to re-seed and persist over time.  The grazing plans of these ranches also maintain habitat for wildlife species such as mule deer, whitetail deer, pheasant, antelope, elk, sharp tail grouse, and sage grouse.  The Montana Rangeland project has generated Carbon Sequestration Offsets on the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) for the years 2003-2007.  This project was verified by a CCX-approved auditor and entered the CCX through an aggregator of rangeland emissions reduction projects.

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