Skagit County Forest Carbon Offsets
#16of 345 in United States#8of 59 in City Forest Credits (CFC)
Audit Analysis
The Skagit County urban forest project demonstrates solid core integrity with a VVB-verified combined additionality test, a jurisdictional baseline, and a 26-year legal permanence obligation backed by a 5% buffer pool. The first monitoring period shows strong over-delivery (approximately 254% of the pro-rata expectation), which is reassuring for claim safety. However, the complete absence of any leakage treatment, missing safeguards documentation (FPIC, grievance mechanism), and several unaddressed MRV details (FNRB, usage monitoring) create meaningful gaps that prevent a higher rating.
Red Flags
- No leakage deduction or justification is stated anywhere in the extracted record for a forest project where displacement and wood-product substitution are plausible pathways
- FPIC and grievance mechanism are not documented in any available source, despite safeguards being broadly mentioned
- FNRB method and value are not stated, preventing independent assessment of the carbon accounting basis
- CORSIA eligibility and CCP status are both unstated, leaving dual-channel risk unassessed
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 178 | 0 | 178 | |
| Total | 178 | 0 | 178 |
Risk Indicators
Combined test, VVB-verified
mixed evidence / unresolved risk
No deduction or justification stated
Jurisdictional baseline
Mentioned but FPIC and grievance mechanism undocumented
CORSIA and CCP status both unstated
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