Woody Biomass and Small Log Workshop
From Feedstock to Product
College of the Siskiyous, Weed, California
Sponsoring Organizations:
University of California, Berkeley, Center for Forestry
California Association of Resource Conservation & Development Councils
Forest Products Society – Pacific Southwest Chapter
Oregon State University, Oregon
Wood Innovation Center
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region
This two-day workshop, organized by the Center for Forestry at UC Berkeley, will provide a forum to discuss biomass and small diameter tree resource issues as well as market development opportunities, with a focus on Northern California and Southern Oregon. The first day will consist of panel presentations in the areas of feedstocks & fiber supply, biomass conversion technologies (products and energy), policy & environmental considerations and public funding opportunities.
The second day will consist of a field tour that examines how the forest products industry deals with biomass and small diameter trees.The Thursday tour will visit Roseburg Forest Products in Weed (veneer mill, process heat and future cogeneration facility), Sierra Pacific Industries in Burney (small log sawmill and cogeneration facility) and the Siskiyou Opportunity Center in Mount Shasta (Community Power Corporation Biomax small scale CHP system). This will be a full day and we will return to the College of the Siskiyous by 5 p.m. I hope this helps with your plans.
The target audience includes public, private and tribal forest resource managers, policy makers, natural resource professionals, loggers, biomass contractors, interested businesses, utility companies and interested citizens.