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ScoredACRAgricultural Land ManagementNORTH DAKOTA, USRegistry: RegisteredGeneral Methodologyv2.1

Prairie Pothole Avoided Conversion of Grasslands and Shrublands

Developer: Ducks Unlimited, Inc

ACR-222 ↗

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#76of 187 in Soil carbon#897of 1717 in United States#468of 957 in American Carbon Registry (ACR)

Assessment

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01020304 Overall 4.8 / 10
Integrity 🔒 Transparency 🔒 Claim Safety 🔒 Documentation 🔒
Dimension scores are locked — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero scores.

Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Scored2026-09-13high confidence

evidence:12/12registry documents analyzed · 4red flags

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Analysis

This ACR soil-carbon project (avoided conversion of grasslands/shrublands in North Dakota) has verified additionality and a quantified 20% leakage deduction, but is significantly undermined by reported reversal events (293.9 acres, 2,243 tCO2e, with 1,491 credits cancelled and 752 withheld), a project-specific modeled baseline, and an extensive list of 28 outstanding corrective actions spanning missing Project Plan sections, incorrect dates, and use of the wrong risk assessment tool. The ERR figures dropped from 84,282 (2021 report) to 50,827 (2026 report) following the reversals, indicating the initial claims were overstated.

Red Flags

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Findings

Risk Indicators

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Evidence

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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

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    No ICVCM information

    No CCP label and no ICVCM decision found for this project's methodology.

  • 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: project sector

  • 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

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.

Registry labels last checked:2026-09-27

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2010
13,89113,292599
2011
15,37014,1441,226
2012
20,61818,1611,190
2013
14,79513,4141,157
2014
17,24316,1191,124
2015
17,58717,5870
2016
17,78217,73250
2017
16,80916,8090
2018
16,24411,8864,358
2019
15,85815,8580
2020
10,402010,402
2021
10,89310,8930
2022
10,2929,1071,185
2023
9,9889,500488
2024
9,25209,252
Total217,024184,50231,031

Retired by

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Analysis ProvenanceGeneral Methodologyv2.1
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