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ARRA Biomass Projects
Posted 6/11/2009 - Another announcement was made today by the USDA regarding Forest Service American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)...

Forest Service ARRA Projects
Posted 6/2/2009 - Today Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announced American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Projects for Forest Road...

Tulare Workshop
Posted 6/2/2009 - Over 40 people came to the stewardship contracting and woody biomass utilization workshop at the Heritage Ag Complex in...

SPI to Close Quincy Small Log Sawmill
Posted 3/3/2009 - SPI announced yesterday that they will be closing their Quincy small log sawmill on May 4 2009.  This will result...

Restrictions on the Use of Wood Stoves
Posted 1/23/2009 - SFGate today ran an article discussing the impacts of tighter regulations regarding the burning of wood in stoves and...

Woody Biomass Utilization

 

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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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