Woody Biomass Utilization

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Woody Biomass Grants - $5m available
Posted 11/4/2009 - Thanks to the 160+ people that came to our series of grant information workshops across the state. The feedback was very...

Nevada City Grant Information Workshop
Posted 10/14/2009 - A workshop in Nevada City had been arranged on October 22nd 2009. This is in addition to the workshops already planned in...

Grant Information Workshops
Posted 10/12/2009 - Workshops providing information on the 2010 Forest Service Hazardous Fuels Woody Biomass Utilization Grant are planned as...

*Grant Information Workshop*
Posted 9/29/2009 - A workshop providing information on the Hazardous Fuels Woody Biomass Utilization Grants Program will be held in Sonora on...

2010 WBU Grant Program Announced
Posted 9/17/2009 - The details for the 2010 Hazardous Fuels Woody Biomass Grants Program have been announced on grants.gov. The program is...

Woody Biomass Utilization

Woody biomass makes up a large portion of the total biomass in California and much of the western United States.

Woody biomass sources include:
-    manufacturing residuals from
     the  wood processing industry
-    post-consumer woody waste
     materials
-    forestry residuals from logging
-    residuals from fuels reduction
     and ecological restoration
     projects
-    agricultural residuals

Woody biomass in forests is a virtually untapped resource. Much of this forest biomass creates a high wildfire fuel hazard. If there were more market options for woody biomass, it could help to recover some of the cost of important wildland fuel reduction and forest health projects.

The Woody Biomass Utilization group at UC Berkeley is raising awareness and assisting in the following areas:

Woody Biomass - the resource, the potential, the technology, the markets

Workshops - held throughout California and the West, primarily for land managers, contractors, community members, primary and secondary industry and other stakeholders

Grant Applications - information and assistance is available for relevant grant programs

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