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Woody Biomass Utilization Challenges and Opportunities
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Sponsors: FPS Energy & Environmental Issues Group, Economics Management Group, and Timber Production & Harvesting Group (Joint)
- Woody Biomass Supply from Thinnings to Reduce Fire Hazard in the U.S. West and its Potential Impact on Regional Wood Markets
- Kenneth Skog, Project Leader, and Peter J. Ince, Research Forester, Forest Products Lab., USDA Forest Service, Madison, WI; Jamie Barbour, Program Mgr., Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Portland, OR; and Henry Spelter, Economist, and Andi Kramp, Economics Assistant, Forest Products Lab., USDA Forest Service, Madison, WI
- Incentives and Subsidies Needed to Enable the Utilization of Woody Biomass for the Production of Energy
- Liam E. Leightley, Prof. and Head, Dept. of Forest Products, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS
- Forest Fuels Reductions and Biomass-to-Energy; Cost Avoidance and Non-Market Value Analysis Indicates Public Benefits are Underestimated
- C. Larry Mason, Project Coordinator, Rural Technology Initiative, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
- Identifying and Developing Innovation in Harvesting and Transporting Forest Biomass
- Loren Kellogg, Lematta Prof. of Forest Engineering, and Chad Davis, Chad Bolding, and Michael Vanderberg, Grad. Research Assistants, Dept. of Forest Engineering, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR
- An Integrated Approach to Fuels Treatment in the Southwestern U.S. – The Harvest Cost-Revenue Estimator
- Eini C. Lowell, Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Portland, OR; and Dennis R. Becker, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Forest Resources, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
- Value-Added Products from a Fuel-Reduction Harvest
- Dennis P. Dykstra, Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Portland, OR
- Forest Biomass Potential for Pyrolysis – Raw Material Issues and Potential Products
- W. Dale Greene, Prof., Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources, and K.C. Das, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA
- Woody Biomass for Energy: Matching the Forest Resource to Community Needs
- Marcia Patton-Mallory, Biomass & Bioenergy Coordinator, Office of the Chief, USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO; and Susan L. LeVan-Green, Technology Marketing Program Leader, Forest Products Lab., USDA Forest Service, Madison, WI
- The Role of LCI in Determining the Impact of Fire Risk Reduction Treatments on Carbon
- Bruce Lippke, Prof. and Dir., Rural Technology Initiative, Jeff Comnick, Research Scientist, Olympic Natural Resources Center, and Elaine O'Neil, Grad. Research Assistant, College of Forest Resources, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
- The Fate of Carbon Following the Harvest of Five Commercial Forests Species in Australia
- Fabiano A. Ximenes, Research Officer, and W. David Gardner, former Research Officer, Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting and Forest Resources Research, NSW Dept. of Primary Industries, Beecroft, NSW, Australia
Session Chairs: Maureen E. Puettmann, Research Associate, Dept. of Wood Science & Engineering, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR; John R. Shelly, Cooperative Extension Advisor, Biomass & Forest Product Utilization, Univ. of California at Berkeley, Richmond, CA; Han-Sup Han, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Forest Products, Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID; and Kenneth Skog, Project Leader, Forest Products Lab., USDA Forest Service, Madison, WI
Session Moderators: Maureen E. Puettmann, John R. Shelly, and Han-Sup Han