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Arcata Sunnybrae Tract

Standard
CAR
Methodology
CAR-US-FOREST (CAR)
Registry
CAR-575 ↗ · Registered
Country
United States
Credit type
Improved Forest Management
Developer
City of Arcata
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CarbonMeld's document-based rating gives Arcata Sunnybrae Tract (CAR-575) 3.0 out of 10 (Very low rating) under CarbonMeld methodology v3, documents read on 22 Oct 2026. The analysis read 8 of the 46 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 3.0 / 10
Additionality 🔒 Quantification 🔒 Permanence 🔒 Claim safety 🔒
The dimension values are in Premium — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero values.

Document-based rating

3.0/10

Very low rating (under 3.5)

Evidence coverage: medium

How solid the credit is, as far as the registry's public documents show. Additionality and quantification start from a public grade; permanence starts at 5.0, the neutral point, where none applies, and claim safety always does.

Methodology v3 · documents read on 22 Oct 2026

Starting point

  • Additionality: CCQI's score for this type of project
  • Quantification: CCQI's score for this type of project
  • Permanence: CCQI's score for this type of project (CCQI grades permanence by programme: this is its grade of the project's programme)
  • Claim safety: neutral (5.0) — no public grade of this type of project applies

Rules that lowered the number: 1

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 22 Oct 2026

evidence: 8/46 registry documents read

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How this analysis was made

Standard
Climate Action Reserve (CAR)
Methodology
Forest Project Protocol Version 3.1 How our current method reads projects of this type
Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v3 · documents read on 22 Oct 2026 · 8/46 registry documents read

Analysis

Arcata Sunnybrae Tract (US) increases or protects forest carbon in the United States (improved management, avoided conversion or reforestation) under Forest Project Protocol Version 3.1; registry status Registered (CAR), 46,787 credits issued (vintages 2006–2019). The documents name RCE as validation / verification body. Project area: 171 acres. The latest verification read with an amount (2015-01-01 – 2015-12-31) verifies 1,079 tCO2e (5 verification periods read).

Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

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

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label · read on 12 Nov 2026

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

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology under ICVCM assessmentCAR U.S. Forest Protocol

    The Integrity Council has not decided on this methodology yet.

    Source: ICVCM assessment · ICVCM table read on 4 Nov 2026

    Covers: the methodology (every project using it), not this project's credits

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: project sector

    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 12 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
2006
31,98823,8087,905
2007
1,7001,506194
2008
1,7001,347353
2009
1,034916118
2010
1,034916118
2011
1,034916118
2012
1,0341,0340
2013
1,0341,0340
2014
1,0791,0790
2015
1,0791,0790
2016
8648640
2017
1,0691,0690
2018
1,0691,0681
2019
1,0691,0690
Total46,78737,7058,807

Retired by

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

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CarbonMeld (2026). Arcata Sunnybrae Tract (CAR-575): CarbonMeld document-based rating, methodology v3, documents read on 22 Oct 2026. https://carbonmeld.com/projects/arcata-sunnybrae-tract/.

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