Smallwood News - July 22, 2009
THIS WEEK’S NEWSLETTER SPONSOR ~ Twin Ports Testing (TPT) The prominent leader in the development of biomass fuel since the early 1980’s Now with more options in burning biomass, whether it’s woody biomass or ag-waste, testing is essential in developing consistent renewable fuels http://twinportstesting.com/forum
BREAKING NEWS ~
BC - Wood Pooling Plan Moves Along, just over three million cubic
metres
of wood has been committed to an ambitious plan to attract processors
to the region
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5012
U.S. Endowment For Forestry And Communities Chosen For $2
Million
USDA Leverage Grant, Will host a Webinar on August 5, 2009 at 2:00
pm
EDST to explore the Initiative
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5014
SEELEY LAKE, MT - U.S. Sen. Jon Tester made his pitch Saturday for
the Forest
Jobs and Recreation Act he introduced in the Senate last Thursday, you
can become a
“citizen co-sponsor” of the bill on Senator Tester’s website.
http://tester.senate.gov/Legislation/foresthome.cfm
FEATURED STORIES ~
MT - Taking Control Of The Machine. Sherm Anderson got into the
timber
business when he was about 9 years old, spending his spare time working
in
a small mill and on logging crews run by his father
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5013
CA - 2007 Fire Illustrates Need To Thin Trees, Some Say
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5003
RACE TO WOODY BIOMASS ENERGY & BIOFELS ~
Agri-Tech Producers, LLC Selects Kusters Zima Corporation to
Design and Manufacture ATPs Innovative Torrefaction Equipment
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5027
WA - Inventive Colville Man Gives Life To Wood-To-Energy
Technology
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5029
Wood to Energy in Washington: Imperatives, Opportunities, and
Obstacles to Progress
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5010
Seattle Steam Makes The Switch To Biomass
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5036
GWND: Acquisition Of Biomass Power Company Biotricity Corporation
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5037
PELLET FUELS & FIREWOOD ~
FL - Green Circle Bio Energy Reflects On One Year In Business, It
has been a
little more than a year since Green Circle Bio Energy opened its
225-acre wood
pellet plant, touted as the worlds largest, in Jackson County
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5032
Mitsubishi Corporation Participates In The European Bio-Pellet
Market,
by acquiring 45% of Vis Nova Trading GmbH (VNT), a German
company and major player in the bio-pellet business
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5031
Maine Wood Pellet Plant Planned
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5030
MN - Orr pursues wood-pellet manufacturer
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5025
AL - $118 Million Wood Pellet Plant In Jackson In Limbo
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5011
FOREST BUSINESS MARKETPLACE ~
The Montana DNRC announces the Shiloh Road Timber Sale.
Approximately
8,264 tons, consisting primarily of Douglas-fir, ponderosa pine, and
grand fir
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayAd.asp?id=4991
The Montana DNRC announces the Lion Mountain #2 Timber Sale.
Approximately
1,761 tons, consisting primarily of Douglas-fir and western larch is
offered for sale
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayAd.asp?id=4987
NW Montana Schools Seeking Wood Biomass Fuel Suppliers,
Glacier
High School, Kalispell is currently inviting bids for a high
quality,
reliable supply of wood biomass fuel to utilize in their wood-fired
boiler
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4942
JOBS ~
Sawmill Position Opportunities - South America
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5000
GRANTS – RFP’s ~
Request for Proposals Development of Wood Fuel Pellet Facility
Harney County or
Grant County, Oregon, This project is funded through the American
Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) under an arrangement between the USDA
Forest
Service and OBDD. Approximately $4,890,000 is available for
award
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5018
The Forest Research Institute Of Chile Is Calling For
Expression
Of Interest For Consultancy Service
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5004
CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, TRAINING, EQUIPMENT DEMOS ~
Field Day And Demo Of The John Deere Slash Bundler, Suwammee County
FL Aug 12
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5034
Webinar July 27, 2009 Landowner Perspectives On Forest
Stewardship
And Sustainability
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5035
Pellet Fuels Institute 2009 Annual Conference, July 23-28, Ponte
Vedra Beach FL
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayEvent.asp?id=333
NY - Game of Logging Coming to Chenango County, The first and second
session of the
Game of Logging, a popular series of chain saw safety trainings safety,
will be offered
over the course of two weeks in late July and early August
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5016
How To Heat With Woody Biomass In The Southwest, Santa Fe, NM Aug
3&4
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayEvent.asp?id=356
Advanced Bioenergy Conference & Expo Set For Sacramento, Nov
11-13
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5006
