I live among 33 acres of dense redwoods and am constantly told that by econuts that my carbon footprint is too large. Meanwhile, every one of my trees is pumping the oxygen that these morons are breathing. And I get nothing but larger and larger PG&E bills.
Well, from the article it appears you have to threaten to clear cut, even if you’ve already signed a contract not to.
Then if you are connected enough you may be able to get in on the scam.
You probably just do not know “the right people”.