Southern California Biomass Utilization Workshop July 31 - August 1, 2007 

San Bernardino National Forest Headquarters

Sponsored by: University of California Cooperative Extension; Forest Products Society-Pacific Southwest Section; USDA Forest Service, Region 5; San Bernardino National Forest; California Department of Forestry

LINKS to PRESENTATIONS

Please click on the hyperlinked presentation titles to download a pdf of each presentation 

Tuesday July 31

The Dead Tree Challenge: review of wood properties, utilization activities and lessons learned - John Shelly, Woody Biomass Utilization Advisor, University of California-Berkeley 

The Industry Response:
Users of wood from the Southern California mountains, including: Larry Duysen, Sierra Forest Products, Inc, Terra Bella; Phil Reese, COLMAC Energy Inc, Mecca; David Nobel, South Bay Timber Co., Ashland, OR; and, Bill Oerding Woodwurx Corp., Corona
 
Resource Availability, review of volumes extracted in past 5 years and predictions of future availability - Jerry Pattison, USDA Forest Service Enterprise Program; John Shelly, University of California-Berkeley 

Wednesday August 1

Woody Biomass Utilization Challenges and Opportunities: potential products and available technologies; what make sense? - Gareth Mayhead, Academic Coordinator - Forest Products, University of California-Berkeley
 
Biomass to Energy - John Shelly, Woody Biomass Utilization Advisor, University of California-Berkeley

The agenda for the whole workshop can be downloaded here.