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Anew - Little Bear Forestry Project

Standard
ACR
Methodology
ACR-IFM-US (ACR)
Registry
ACR-852 ↗ · Registered
Country
WEST VIRGINIA; VIRGINIA, US
Credit type
Forest Carbon
Developer
Anew Carbon Development, LLC
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CarbonMeld's document-based rating gives Anew - Little Bear Forestry Project (ACR-852) 7.3 out of 10 (High rating) under CarbonMeld methodology v3, documents read on 19 Oct 2026; a re-assessment is pending. The analysis read 10 of the 20 registry documents. It is CarbonMeld's own assessment, not a rating given by the registry or the standard.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based rating

01020304 Document-based rating 7.3 / 10
Additionality 🔒 Quantification 🔒 Permanence 🔒 Claim safety 🔒
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Document-based rating

7.3/10

High rating (6.5 or more)

Evidence coverage: high

How solid the credit is, as far as the registry's public documents show. 5.0 is the neutral point, where no public source says good or bad.

This rating is provisional. A new analysis of the project is pending.

Methodology v3 · documents read on 19 Oct 2026

Starting point

  • Additionality: the ICVCM's decision on this methodology
  • Quantification: the ICVCM's decision on this methodology
  • Permanence: the ICVCM's decision on this methodology
  • Claim safety: neutral (5.0) — no public grade of this type of project is used

Rules that raised the number: 4

Each rule, with the fact and the source it rests on, is in the Premium analysis.

Not counted in the number

  • The baseline type: not among the facts read
  • The oldest vintage still on sale, the content of the safeguards and the verifier's quality: not among the facts read

Analysed on 19 Oct 2026

evidence: 10/20 registry documents read

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How this analysis was made

Standard
American Carbon Registry (ACR)
Methodology
ACR IFM 2.0 How our current method reads projects of this type
Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v3 · documents read on 19 Oct 2026 · 10/20 registry documents read · re-assessment pending

Analysis

Anew - Little Bear Forestry Project (WEST VIRGINIA; VIRGINIA, US) improves forest management to increase carbon stocks (ACR IFM) (Improved Forest Management (IFM) project ... mostly hardwood species such as yellow poplar, white oak, northern red oak, sugar maple, basswood and black oak) under ACR IFM 2.0; registry status Registered (ACR), 619,826 credits issued (vintages 2022–2025). The documents name TÜV SÜD America, Inc as validation / verification body. Project area: 38,536 acres. The latest monitoring report (2023-04-01 – 2025-03-31) reports 320,017 tCO2e achieved.

Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

Four checks buyers ask about, from the registry and the Integrity Council (ICVCM).

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    In scope, not yet eligible

    The registry flags units as in scope for CORSIA; eligibility still needs host-country authorization.

    Source: registry label · read on 8 Nov 2026

    Covers: credits of this project that carry the label on the registry — not every unit or lot

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    CCP-labelled credits

    The registry marks credits of this project with the Integrity Council's Core Carbon Principles label: check that the units offered carry it.

    Source: registry label · read on 8 Nov 2026

    Covers: credits of this project that carry the label on the registry — not every unit or lot

  • Removal or reduction

    Carbon removal

    Takes CO₂ out of the atmosphere — the only type that can neutralise residual emissions in an SBTi net-zero claim.

    Source: registry label · read on 8 Nov 2026

    Covers: the project type, not a label on individual credits

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    No Article 6 authorization

    No corresponding adjustment: the host country can also count this reduction towards its own target.

    Source: registry label · read on 8 Nov 2026

    Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry

Information only, from public sources. Claim rules (CORSIA, SBTi, EU rules on green claims) change: check them before making a public claim. Since 27 September 2026, EU consumer rules do not allow “climate neutral” product claims based on offsets.

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2022
223,3700223,370
2023
196,82828,256168,572
2024
160,22760,72499,503
2025
39,40114,93224,469
Total619,826103,912515,914

Retired by

Organisations named as beneficiaries in the registry's public retirement records.

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CarbonMeld (2026). Anew - Little Bear Forestry Project (ACR-852): CarbonMeld document-based rating, methodology v3, documents read on 19 Oct 2026. https://carbonmeld.com/projects/anew-little-bear-forestry-project/.

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