We have been deluged by responses to Barry Wynsma's thoughtful essay on Forest Service leadership - or the lack thereof. Provided here is some feedback on the essay.
W.V. "Mac" McConnell writes from Florida. He is a U.S. Forest Service retiree whose Power Point presentations have appeared on our website many times. His latest efforts are nearby: an updated version of his earlier "Timber Resource Management" Power Point and a fascinating photograph, "One Landscape: Four Views," that shows what is happening on adjacent public and private forests at Deep Creek, near Townsend, Montana.
Editor's comment concerning Mike Petersen's (Executive Director - Lands Council) Response To Dr. Tom Bonnicksen's Essay, "Death Of A Forest: Why We Should Care"
Dear Readers:
Over the past several weeks I've been contacting mills, loggers, and grinder/chipping contractors across Western Montana in order to seek potential sources, volume, contract term, and price for 300,000 Bone Dry Tons (BDT) of woody biomass for a potential new wood fired co-gen plant in the region. I quickly realized how challenging it is to alternately be talking BDT's and green tons (GT) in the same conversation and keep them in context (not an easy task, at least not for me!). For woods fuel, contractors think in terms of green tons and the procurement folks at a biomass plant think and pay in terms of BDT. I thought if I could find a simple cost-per-ton conversion calculator on the internet I could use it in my conversations, but couldn't find one. So I called my friend Bob Rummer at the USDA Southern Research Station in Auburn, AL, and he agreed that with all the biomass to energy, biofuels, and the BCAP Program gaining so much momentum, a conversion calculator is definitely needed. Within hours Bob's team came up with this very handy calculator. (Link opens an Excel document). I'd appreciate any readers that have time to plug some values in and give us any comments or suggestions you might have.
Best wishes,
Craig Rawlings
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