It's  areal shame that this parcel will likely be clearcut. The public would receive far more value if the trees are retained and the carbon stays in the forest. Logging will transfer vast amounts of carbon from the forest to the atmosphere where it will make global warming worse.  Just because there is not a viable market for carbon, this parcel will be sold for a far less valuable timber commodity. Economists estimate the social cost of carbon dioxide emissions to be about $40-200 per tonne.  So the public will gain a few dollars for future parkland acquisition, while suffering far greater costs from worsened climate change.