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FROM THE EDITOR
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Dear Readers:
What should we do with all the small-diameter beetle-kill wood in the West? Some sharp minds and innovative products just might bring us one step closer to solving that dilemma.
One of those products was born in my own backyard. A few years ago, a very large partnership of local residents, recreationists, organizations and agencies worked together to build an innovative, 90-foot-long cable suspension bridge in the Rattlesnake National Recreation Area near Missoula, Montana. I was working at the Montana Community Development Corporation at the time and played a role in this effort myself by helping secure the U.S. Forest Service funding for it.
Best wishes,
Craig Rawlings
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| BREAKING NEWS |
Oregon State University Research Shows Potential Downside To Bio-Energy
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| FEATURED ADVERTISER |
Power sales & thermal off-take agreements are critical to project financial performance. We do off-take agreements. www.tssconsultants.com Read More
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| FEATURED STORIES |
Amid beetle plague, turning trees to wood chips could be western forests' salvation
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| RACE TO WOODY BIOMASS ENERGY |
Southern Company Breaks Ground on Woody Biomass Plant
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BIOFUEL
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Three Louisville, KY companies to invest $22 million, retain 340 workers, create 14 new jobs
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NORTHWEST ADVANCED RENEWABLES ALLIANCE (NARA)
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Insight Into The Efforts Of The Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance
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| PELLET FUELS - FIREWOOD - BRIQUETTES |
Cate Street announces plan to create energy at Katahdin paper mills
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| MILL NEWS |
Clearwater Paper to Sell Lewiston Sawmill to Idaho Forest Group
New Design Values Proposed for Southern Pine
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| FUELS FOR SCHOOLS |
University of South Carolina badly mismanaged biomass plant
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Bodington & Company - provides investment banking, finance, sale, and restructuring services to biomass project owners. Read More
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JOBS
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Forest Concepts is Hiring Engineers
Kickapoo Woods Cooperative has a Job Opening for a Forester/Resource Manager Position in Viroqua, WI
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FOREST BUSINESS MARKETPLACE
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Fire Salvage - Estimated 55 MMBF of mixed conifer timber available for salvage burned July 2011 on the Santa Clara Indian Pueblo, New Mexico. Danny Gomez is sending out a pre-advertisement notice to solicit potential interest in a salvage sale and prospective purchasers should contact him at (505) 753-1454 or danny.gomez@bia.gov Montana DNRC - Butcher Stewart Delivered Logs: Approx. 4,394 tons, consisting primarily of Douglas-fir, western larch, spruce, and lodgepole pine sawlogs offered for sale
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CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, TRAINING, EQUIPMENT DEMOS
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(Montana Readers Take Note) Sustainable Manufacturing Workshop: Nov. 9, 2011 - Missoula, MT
Midwest Biomass Conference 2011: Nov. 2-3, 2011 - Dubuque, IA
U.S. Forest Service Wood Education and Resource Center workshops: Nov. 8, 2011 and Nov. 9-10, 2011 - Princeton, WV
Forest Products Business Opportunities Workshop - One Day Workshop designed to stimulate and inform local and potential small businesses of opportunities utilizing woody biomass, firewood, and timber resources from local forest restoration projects: Dec. 3, 2011 - Graham County Fairgrounds, AZ
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