Smallwood News - August 19, 2009

BREAKING NEWS ~

WA - Weyerhaeuser News Release Offers a Surprise
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5170

Ag Secretary Vilsack Announces New Direction And Vision For America's Forests   
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5163

FEATURED STORIES ~

AL - Waiting For Work In The Silent Woods, longtime independent logger Clarence "Sunnyman" Primm is struggling to keep from laying off his crew as the economic downturn continues to ripple through his industry and Alabama community

http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5157

RACE TO WOODY BIOMASS ENERGY & BIOFELS ~

New Style Trailers Can Move Woody Biomass Efficiently
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5173

MO – City Utilities of Springfield Burns 'Torrefied" Wood Instead Of Pure Coal In Test
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5168

Ohio Edison Agrees To Repower Power Plant With Renewable Biomass Fuel
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5155

Mass. Looks To Forests For Renewable Energy Source
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5178

Five Companies To Converge On Small Pennsylvania Town For Biomass Project
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5161    

PELLET FUELS & FIREWOOD ~

ME – Pellet Mill Explosion Still Under Investigation
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5165

Wood Pellet Play For Cap And Trade
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5179

Australia - Wood Pellet Mill Project In Doubt
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5160

PA - Plainfield Township Issues Cease-And-Desist Order To Wood Pellet Company
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5158
NB - Wood, Pellet Stove Sales Heating Up
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5149           

WILDFIRE ~

2009 Mechanized Equipment for Fire and Fuels Operations Directory is now available!
http://timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayAd.asp?id=5067

GRANTS – RFP’s – SUBSIDIES  ~

NY - NYSERDA Announces $1.5 Million In Funding For
High-Efficiency Wood-Heating Market
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5167

CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, TRAINING, EQUIPMENT DEMOS ~

The College of Forestry and Conservation at The University of Montana is proud to
present the Plum Creek Conference on Forests and Energy: “The Economic and
Ecological Implications of Biomass Utilization from Rocky Mountain Forests”
September 22-24, Missoula, MT
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5139

Forest Engineering Inc Training Opportunities, Logging and road
workshops offered by Forest Engineering Inc
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5176