Grant information workshop: Hazardous Fuels Woody Biomass Utilization Grant 2009, Sonora

4pm-6pm October 8th, 2009

Location: Forest Supervisor’s Office, Stanislaus National Forest,
19777 Greenley Road, Sonora, CA 95370 

This short workshop aims to provide information on the Forest Service 2010 Hazardous Fuels Woody Biomass Grants program. 

This national program is intended to help improve forest restoration by using and creating markets for small-diameter material and low-valued trees removed from hazardous fuel reduction and forest health activities.

Funds are targeted to help communities, entrepreneurs, and others turn residues from hazardous fuel reduction and forest health projects into marketable forest products and/or energy products. 

Individual grants can be from $50,000 to a maximum of $350,000.  Half of the funds will be targeted towards “high priority national forests” which includes the Stanislaus National Forest.

Topics will include:
• Background
• Application process
• Eligibility
• Obligations
• Timeline
• Examples of successful projects (including locally)
• Assistance available to help with applications
• Questions

The workshop is organized by the Center for Forestry at UC Berkeley and the Stanislaus National Forest with the assistance of the California Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils and USDA Forest Service State and Private Forestry Region 5.  We will start promptly at 4pm.

There is no cost for this workshop but we would appreciate it if you could register in advance either online here or by completing and returning the form here WBUG Sonora registration form. 

For further information please see the Woody Biomass website or contact Gareth Mayhead: garethmayhead@nature.berkeley.edu.

Sponsored by:
University of California Berkeley, Center for Forestry
California Association of Resource Conservation & Development Councils
USDA Forest Service, Region 5