Recent wildfires brought climate urgency into focus as forests burned at unprecedented scale. Yet restoration lags – by hand, replanting charred woodlands takes years. Mast accelerates that timeline to weeks using sowing drones and nursery science.
This startup’s reforestation system pairs optimized seedlings with customizable aerial distribution tailored to remote terrain. Harvesting biodiverse carbon credits then funds the model while regrowing resilient, thriving forests from ashes.
Last year Mast restored 300 Oregon acres on behalf of Shopify and others. Next it tackles vast swaths around Yellowstone. Tree supply acquisitions and nurturing rare species also suggest global ambitions taking root.
Of course, challenges loom as large as the ambition. Carbon market complexity attracts skepticism while undermining confidence. And conservation incumbents with decades more maturity hold sway over landholders critical to site access.
Yet Mast seems undeterred, aggressively expanding tools and scope needed to orchestrate landscape-scale stewardship. By merging siloed domains of drones, nurseries, and carbon funding, this sustainability maverick reveals what audacious cross-pollination makes possible.
Laugh if you must at remaking entire ecosystems virtually overnight. Yet climate change didn’t emerge overnight either. As more leaders awaken to restoration’s planet-saving potential, expect Mast’s moonshot model to seed hope across carbon-sequestering wildlands worldwide. The secret to solving big problems? Think bigger.