**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** AS OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN FOREST CARBON PROGRAMS FOR NONINDUSTRIAL PRIVATE FORESTLANDOWNERS (NIPFLS) FLOURISH IN THE US SOUTH, A SERIES OF QUESTIONS REMAIN REGARDING FOREST CARBON CONTRACT DESIGN AND UNCERTAINTY. WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A FOREST CARBON CONTRACT DESIGN DECISION MODEL COUPLED WITH A CARBON ACCRUAL AND WATER QUANTITY PRODUCTION TRADE-OFF MODEL TO: (1) DETERMINE NIPFL FOREST CARBON CONTRACT DESIGN PREFERENCES, INCLUDING WILLINGNESS TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH VARYING DEGREES OF UNCERTAINTY IN FINANCIAL RETURNS, AND HOW THESE PREFERENCES DIFFER BETWEEN UNDERSERVED AND NON-UNDERSERVED NIPFLS, (2) PREDICT NIPFL ADOPTION INTENSITIES AND (3) DETERMINE WATER QUANTITY SPILLOVER EFFECTS RELATED TO DIFFERENT FOREST CARBON CONTRACT DESIGNS AND ACROSS PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS OF VIRGINIA. THE INTEGRATED MODEL WILL BE ESTIMATED BASED ON SOCIOECONOMIC AND STATED PREFERENCE DATA COLLECTED THROUGH A FRAMED FIELD EXPERIMENT APPROACH AND ON REMOTE SENSING (LIDAR) AND FIELD-COLLECTED DATA ON FOREST PARCEL ATRIBUTES ACROSS VIRGINIA.