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Jack Stickney, an Estill County land owner, grows shitake mushrooms on he property in Irvine, Ky., on Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Stickney harvests the logs from his property and inoculates them with mushroom spawn. MACED, the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development, is hoping to help some Eastern Kentucky forest owners to make some money off of carbon regulation. Landowners get a plan to manage their forests sustainably, then MACED sells their carbon credits on the Chicago Climate Exchange. This hasn't happened yet, but there are a group of landowners who are certified and ready to go when the price it right. MACED likes the idea because it will pay people to take care of their woods over the long term, instead of just logging it today for the cash. Photo by David Stephenson | Staff

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Jack Stickney, an Estill County land owner, grows shitake mushrooms on he property in Irvine, Ky., on Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Stickney harvests the logs from his property and inoculates them with mushroom spawn. MACED, the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development, is hoping to help some Eastern Kentucky forest owners to make some money off of carbon regulation. Landowners get a plan to manage their forests sustainably, then MACED sells their carbon credits on the Chicago Climate Exchange. This hasn't happened yet, but there are a group of landowners who are certified and ready to go when the price it right. MACED likes the idea because it will pay people to take care of their woods over the long term, instead of just logging it today for the cash. Photo by David Stephenson | Staff