Sustainable Hardwoods Network

ISF's Woody Biomass Utilization Forum
Held September 24, 2003

The purpose of the Woody Biomass Utilization Forum was to address the uses of wood chips and other forest residues as possible energy sources for electrical generation and heat. The forum included the following presentations:

John Shelly, CE Advisor – Biomass, University of California:
Overview of Biomass Materials:Types and Properties

Richard Bergman, USDA Forest Products Lab, Madison, WI;
Small-Scale Biopower Systems

Tom Amesbury, Biomass Consultant, Auburn, California:
Washington Ridge “Biomass Fueled Microturbine” Project

Mishka Straka, Institute for Sustainable Forestry, Redway, CA:
Safeguarding Rural Communities: Fire Hazard Reduction and Fuels Utilization

Updates:

Sudden Oak Death links

ISF Hardwood Utilization Techniques
now available as pdf

Woody Biomass Forum presentations

Small Harvest Exemption Forms

Wild Iris mill update: Weinig molder installed at Whitethorn Hardwoods and Wild Iris primary mill moves to ERA Forest Products in Arcata.

UCFPL Tanoak Yield Study Progress Reports now available

The Sustainable Hardwoods Network is a project of the Institute for Sustainable Forestry's
Community Economic Development Program

PO Box 1580
Redway, CA 95560
707-923-7004

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