Smallwood News - April 29, 2009

BREAKING NEWS ~

Logging pact for northern Arizona reached, Two environmental groups and a
logging company have reached a historic pact that could lead to the harvesting
of nearly a million acres of small trees in northern Arizona
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4547

Jay Jensen chosen to lead the U.S. Forest Service
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayAd.asp?id=4528

Plum Creek to Permanently Close Pablo, MT Sawmill
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4551

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Seeks New Uses For OSB Plants
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4530

FEATURED STORIES ~

CO - Motivating Beetlemania
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4540

It's An Interesting Time For The Forest Industry, "Where we are headed is
an economy where there is going to be simultaneous competition for food,
fuel and fibre," Say’s University of Alberta Marty Luckert
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4539

RACE TO WOODY BIOMASS ENERGY & BIOFELS ~

OR: Businesses make energy, money from biomass
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4545

SD: KL Energy Corporation Announces Expansion Into Brazil
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4546

BC: $50 million Bio-Energy Plant To Be Built, The plant will be fueled
largely by logging debris, which is normally burned in slash piles
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4535

Lockheed Martin unveils new biomass facility in Owego, NY
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4525

Peregrine Energy Plans To Build Woody Biomass-Fueled Cogeneration
Unit in Hartsville, SC
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4532

PELLET FUELS & FIREWOOD ~

OR: Wood pellet potential encourages Roseburg Forest Products
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Wood Pellet Users Can Have All The Convenience Of Automatic Home Delivery,
"What the delivery truck did for home heating oil, our new wood pellets bulk delivery
and automatic transfer system will do for wood pellet users," say’s Jon Strimling,
Pelletsales.com President
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4554

FOREST BUSINESS MARKETPLACE ~

AZ: Sources Sought For 10 Year - 30,000 Acre/Year Forest Restoration Project
Contractor's interested in this project are requested to submit a company capability
statement by June 24, 2009
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/MyAccount.asp

Montana DNRC - Whiskey Gulch Timber Sale, Approximately 14,470 tons,
consisting primarily of Douglas-fir and lodgepole pine sawlogs
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayAd.asp?id=4544

GRANT’S & RFP’S ~

MI - Firewood Safety Technology Innovation Grant Announcement
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4548

WILDFIRE ~

Public Forests: Opportunity Knocks, Will The Northwest Answer?
A region that soon could lead the nation in joblessness and wildfire
ought to be open to change on federal forests
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4550 

ILLEGAL LOGGING – TIMBER THEFT ~

Illegal Wood Soon Excluded From EU Markets
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4526

CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, TRAINING, EQUIPMENT DEMOS ~

The Pellet Fuels Institute announces their 2009 Annual Meeting
July 26-28, Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort & Spa in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4515

Joint Forestry Team Invites You To Attend a National Web Conference on May 4^th
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayEvent.asp?id=334

Washington State Society of American Foresters (SAF) Conference May 5-8
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayEvent.asp?id=324