Dear Readers:

As many of you are aware, Congress appropriated $10 million dollars in Fiscal Year 2010 for the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program. Each of the US Forest Service Regional Foresters could submit up to two proposals from their respective regions, due into the Washington Office by May 14th. In our Featured Article section we've posted a story on the Northern Regions (R-1) proposal that was submited last Friday and will get you news on the other eight regions as it develops.

Best wishes,


Craig Rawlings, Editor

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BREAKING NEWS ~ 

State of Montana May Buy Plum Creek Land with PPL Money Read More  

Strong Canadian lumber prices have completely dropped the U.S. export tax on softwood lumber beginning June 1 
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FEATURED STORIES ~

Regional Forester Nominates $90M Montana Proposal for Federal Restoration Funding
 

Mountain pine beetle is Alberta's eco-disaster
 

WY-CO: Bark beetle problem will continue for at least 10 more years


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RACE TO WOODY BIOMASS ENERGY & BIOFUELS ~

National Life Announces $2 Million Biomass Energy Project At Vermont Headquarters

Vail, Colorado biomass $26M grant looks promising

Alabama Power to add biomass to power generation mix
 

OR - Elkton School District ditching diesel for woody biomass
 

WA: Biomass energy business may be powering up

PELLETS - FIREWOOD - BRIQUETTES ~

Plant to turn beetle-kill to wood pellets in Breckenridge, Colorado this fall
 

Wood pellet company cleared to buy Brighton, VT airport
 

Switch to Pellet Fuel and Slash High Heating Prices

GRANTS - RFPs ~

DOE and USDA Offer up to $33 million in funding for biomass R&D

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JOBS ~

OR - Looking to hire Cut-To-Length harvester / forwarder team

FOREST MARKETPLACE ~

Weyerhaeuser log exports on the rise as China's timber demand grows

CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, TRAINING, EQUIPMENT DEMOS ~

 
Inland Empire Society of American Foresters 2010 Annual Meeting, May 20-22, Wallace, ID

National Forest Landowners Conference, June 2-4, Stevenson, WA

Council on Forest Engineering Annual Meeting, June 6-9, Auburn, AL

Forest Guild National Meeting, June 16-19, Lake Tahoe, CA

Pellet Fuels Institute 2010 Annual Conference, July 18-20, Asheville, NC

Small Log Conference March 23-25, 2011 - Coeur d' Alene, ID