Value of Ecosystem Services offfered by Cleveland Metroparks
Ecosystem Type Service Provided Reservation Name Number of acres of Ecosystem type Value per acre of service Total economic value of service
Forest Hydrologic services     $65/acre 0
Forest Carbon storage     250 ST/acre at $54.27/ST carbon 0
Forest Air quality maintenance     81 lb/ac/yr at $2.35/lb 0
Forest Stormwater Control     2,835 cu ft/ac at $2.05/cu ft 0
Forest Biodiversity/Habitat     $923/ac/yr 0
Forest Soil formation/retention     $5/ac/yr 0
Total:         0
Values per acre are taken from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protections Economic Value of New Jersey State Parks and Forests.
Mates, W., and Reyes, J. The Economic Value of New Jersey State Parks and Forests. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Science, Research, and Technology. June 2004, Revised November 2006.
The value of of hydrologic and carbon storage services are for the entire life of the ecosystem. The economic benefits of air quality maintenance, stormwater control, biodiversity protection, and soil formation and retention, however, are realized annually.
All values have been inflated to 2009 dollars.