Workshop Full - Registration Closed - Inquiries to Gareth Mayhead on 510-665-3662
This two-day workshop, sponsored by the Center for Forestry at UC Berkeley, USDA Forest Service and the California Association of Resource Conservation & Development Councils, will provide a forum to discuss woody biomass utilization issues for the Northern California and Southern Oregon coastal areas. Woody biomass includes material from fuels reduction, cull logs and other sub-merchantable material.
The two days will consist of a combination of presentations and field trips to local businesses that are using woody biomass. The presentations will cover the woody biomass resource base, the economics of treating and removing biomass, the technical challenges of using woody biomass, current markets in the coastal area, potential products (including small scale heat, liquid fuels and densified fuels) and funding opportunities. The field tours will examine some of the methods used by the forest products industry to utilize biomass including biomass harvesting, transportation, feedstock preparation and biomass conversion to heat and power.
This workshop will be of interest to public, private and tribal forest resource managers, policy makers, natural resource professionals, loggers, biomass contractors, interested businesses, utility companies and interested citizens.
This is the agenda which will be updated as it develops. For further information, please contact Gareth Mayhead at UC Berkeley.
Registration fee for the workshop is $30. This includes lunches and refreshments.
Sponsored by:
University of California Berkeley, Center for Forestry
California Association of Resource Conservation & Development Councils
Supported by:
Forest Products Society - Pacific Southwest Chapter