# US Nature4Climate

> Find out how the United States is using Natural Climate Solutions to combat climate change with practical, effective, and relatively inexpensive solutions\.

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## Pages
- [Tennessee](https://usnature4climate.org/tennessee-reforestation/)
- [Alabama](https://usnature4climate.org/alabama-reforestation/)
- [Virginia](https://usnature4climate.org/virginia-reforestation/)
- [Kentucky](https://usnature4climate.org/kentucky-reforestation/)
- [About](https://usnature4climate.org/about/)

## Posts
- [Biodiversity Is Infrastructure: Why Longleaf Pine Restoration Matters](https://usnature4climate.org/biodiversity-is-infrastructure-why-longleaf-pine-restoration-matters/)

## Stories
- [Climate\-Smart Cities: Targeting Climate Equity in Metro Boston](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/stories/climate-smart-cities-targeting-climate-equity-in-metro-boston/): As communities seek new strategies to protect residents, infrastructure, and quality of life, The Trust for Public Land is helping by bringing its nationally recognized Climate\-Smart Cities program to metro Boston\.
- [Tuuk Family Forest: One Family’s Efforts To Keep Their Legacy Alive in Tennessee](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/stories/tuuk-family-forest/): Learn about one family’s quest to preserve the forest of their youth through an innovative program that creates new sources of revenue, ensures sustainable forest management and helps address climate change

- [Advocating for Conservation Careers](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/stories/capturing-carbon/): Read more about unique collaborations between conservation organizations, medical professionals and neighborhood groups to restore tree canopy in Chicago’s South Side\.
- [Growing Trees, Growing Jobs](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/stories/growing-trees-growing-jobs-how-restoring-forests-across-the-united-states-can-help-address-the-unemployment-crisis/): How restoring forests across the United States can help address the unemployment crisis\.
- [The economic benefit of regenerative agriculture for family farmers\.](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/stories/the-economic-benefit-of-regenerative-agriculture-for-family-farmers/): Soil Health Case Studies across the United States\. 

## Featured Science Articles
- [Natural Climate Solutions Handbook](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/featured-science/natural-climate-solutions-handbook/)
- [Protect, Manage, and then Restore Lands for Climate Mitigation](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/featured-science/protect-manage-restore-lands-for-climate-mitigation/)
- [Insect and Disease Disturbances Correlate With Reduced Carbon Sequestration in U\.S\. Forests](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/featured-science/insect-and-disease-disturbances-correlate-with-reduced-carbon-sequestration-in-u-s-forests/)
- [Climate\-Smart Agriculture Outcomes: An Overview for Corn\-Soybean Systems](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/featured-science/climate-smart-agriculture-outcomes-an-overview-for-corn-soybean-systems/)
- [Soil Organic Matter Protects U\.S\. Maize Yields and Lowers Crop Insurance Payouts Under Drought](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/featured-science/soil-organic-matter-protects-us-maize-yields-and-lowers-crop-insurance-payouts-under-drought/)

## Solutions in Action
- [Upcoming Natural Climate Solutions Events](https://usnature4climate.org/solutions-in-action/upcoming-natural-climate-solutions-events/)
- [Forest Carbon Map](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/solutions-in-action/forest-carbon-map/): Protecting carbon rich landscapes is a critical natural climate solution\. That’s why The Trust for Public Land and American Forests developed the Forest Carbon Map, a web\-based tool that quantifies existing forest carbon stocks across the United States\.
- [New Climate Federalism: Effectively Addressing Climate Change Requires Action At All Levels of Government](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/solutions-in-action/new-climate-federalism-effectively-addressing-climate-change-requires-action-at-all-levels-of-government/)
- [TAZO Tree Corps Fights for Climate Justice and Jobs](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/solutions-in-action/tazo-tree-corps-fights-for-climate-justice-and-jobs/): TAZO tea has partnered with American Forests to launch the TAZO Tree Corps, an urban forestry workforce that aims to transform lives by training and employing local fellows to plant and care for trees in the neighborhoods that need them the most\.
- [Banding Together to Protect the Great Outdoors](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/solutions-in-action/banding-together/): Nature is at the heart of outdoor recreation, so it is natural that the Outdoor Industry Association \(OIA\) supports U\.S\. Nature4Climate\. Learn more about OIA’s efforts to reduce emissions and increase sequestration in natural and working lands\.

## Discussion \& Debate
- [Blue Carbon: An Important Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Opportunity](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/discussion-debate/blue-carbon-an-important-climate-mitigation-and-adaptation-opportunity/)
- [No\-Till Agriculture Challenges and Opportunities](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/discussion-debate/no-till-challenges/)
- [Protecting Forests and Managing Fire Risk in a Changing World](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/discussion-debate/protecting-forests-and-managing-fire-risk-in-a-changing-world/): U\.S\. Nature4Climate convened a panel of experts to discuss strategies to protect existing U\.S\. forests, with a focus on the carbon impact of forest resilience treatments, like thinning and prescribed fires\.
- [Kernza: Defining a Path Forward for Perennial Grains](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/discussion-debate/kernza-defining-a-path-forward-for-perennial-grains/): U\.S\. Nature4Climate convened a panel of experts to discuss the role perennial grains can play in addressing climate change and other environmental challenges, delving more deeply into Kernza, highlighting its strengths and identifying the challenges to wider implementation\.

## Tools
- [The Nature Conservancy \& University of Cambridge Tidal Wetlands Mapper](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/toolbox/tidal-wetlands-mapper/)
- [NOAA Restoration Atlas](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/toolbox/noaa-restoration-atlas/)
- [Farms Under Threat Mapping Tool \& Policy Scorecard](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/toolbox/farms-under-threat-mapping-tool-policy-scorecard/)
- [CaRPE Tool](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/toolbox/carpe-tool/)
- [AgEvidence](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/toolbox/agevidence/)

## Terms
- [Riparian Buffers](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/terms/riparian-buffers/)
- [Silvopasture](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/terms/silvopasture/)
- [Windbreaks](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/terms/windbreaks/)
- [Coastal Wetlands](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/terms/coastal-wetlands/)
- [Salt Marshes](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/terms/salt-marshes/)

## State Pages
- [Nature\-based Solutions in Louisiana](https://usnature4climate.org/state-page/ncs-in-louisiana/)
- [Nature\-based Solutions in Nebraska](https://usnature4climate.org/state-page/ncs-in-nebraska/)
- [Nature\-based Solutions in Kansas](https://usnature4climate.org/state-page/ncs-in-kansas/)
- [Nature\-based Solutions in Kentucky](https://usnature4climate.org/state-page/ncs-in-kentucky/)
- [Nature\-based Solutions in Illinois](https://usnature4climate.org/state-page/ncs-in-illinois/)

## States
- [Oregon](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/state/oregon/)
- [Alaska](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/state/alaska/)
- [Arizona](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/state/arizona/)
- [North Carolina](https://dljskdt2.modx.dev/state/north-carolina/)

## Categories
- [Uncategorized](https://usnature4climate.org/category/uncategorized/)
- [Featured](https://usnature4climate.org/category/featured/)
- [Forests and Trees](https://usnature4climate.org/category/forests-and-trees/)
- [Agriculture and Grasslands](https://usnature4climate.org/category/agriculture-and-grasslands/)
- [Wetlands and Peatlands](https://usnature4climate.org/category/wetlands-and-peatlands/)

## Story Tags
- [Livelihoods](https://usnature4climate.org/story_tags/livelihoods/)
- [Biodiversity](https://usnature4climate.org/story_tags/biodiversity/)
- [Soil](https://usnature4climate.org/story_tags/soil/)
- [Air](https://usnature4climate.org/story_tags/air/)
- [Water](https://usnature4climate.org/story_tags/water/)

## Term Categories
- [Units of Measurement](https://usnature4climate.org/term-categories/units-of-measurement/)
- [Policy \& Practice](https://usnature4climate.org/term-categories/policy-corporate-practice/)
- [Blue Carbon](https://usnature4climate.org/term-categories/blue-carbon/)
- [Agroforestry](https://usnature4climate.org/term-categories/agroforestry/)
- [Forestry](https://usnature4climate.org/term-categories/forestry/)

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