Within the city of St. Paul only, because almost all dead trees are removed annually and ground for use in power generation (Zach Jorgensen, City of St. Paul Forestry Division, personal communication), we assumed that 100% of carbon stored in trees would be emitted to the atmosphere within a year of death.
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