This project aims to complete the first full inventory mapping and measuring >1 cm diameter in the 24 acre Trealease Woods. During Phase 1, 69 students were trained in forest inventory methods, laser mapping, and species identification while collectively tagging and measuring 17,675 trees. This second phase will consist of:

• Training an additional 50+ undergraduates in forest mensuration and carbon budgeting/monitoring
• Submitting the census data to ForestGeo - providing access to Illinois students in forest data and internship opportunities across the global network (>70 forest sites worldwide)
• Continue the teams efforts to develop lab activities for undergraduate classes that use the data to teach methods for analysis of forest carbon storage
• Educate students on the critical importance of forests in mitigating and reducing carbon emissions
• Add a new soil carbon inventory and map of Trelease Woods
• Develop a student-led environmental monitoring program at Trelease Woods aimed at correlating forest productivity and soil respiration responses to short-term climate fluctuation