Smallwood News - July 8, 2009

BREAKING NEWS ~

Idaho Timber: Whitefish MT, Plant Permanently Closes, 26 loose their jobs
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4948

TX - Galveston's Dead Trees May Help Repair Ship
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4959

Deere To Build Tractor Factory In Russia, Factory to
build tractors, combines, timber equipment
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4960

The Black Liquor Tax Credit In The US Has Limited The Fall Of
Wood Chip And Pulpwood Prices
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4943

FEATURED STORIES ~

Whistler, BC - Major Pine Beetle Research Project Announced, A new, $7.8 million
research project on the mountain pine beetle infestation was announced in Whistler this
week at an international tree biotech conference
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4944

CO - Smuggler Trees Take Flight Before The Pine Beetles Do
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4949

MT - A House In The Woods, After The Woods Are Gone, FALLING PINES
In the dense forests of Montana, the pine trees surrounding the writers house
have been turning red and dying because of an infestation of beetles
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4941

MT - Pine Beetle Damage Could Fuel Wildfires, State Forester
Bob Harrington warns  that the pine trees damaged and killed by
beetles could provide fuel for major fires here this year
http://timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayAd.asp?id=4885

SD - Forest Service In Race Against Beetles
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4956

Some See Beetle Attacks On Western Forests As a Natural Event
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4970

California Cement Plant Uses Woody Biomass With Coal In Kilns
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4931

MA - Biomass or Biomess? The State Forges Ahead With Many Questions Unanswered
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4933

WA - Hopes to turn slash to energy dashed, The U.S. Forest Services
hopes for a cost-effective way to convert slash into usable energy rather
than burn it on site were dashed when it proved too expensive
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4952

PELLET FUELS & FIREWOOD ~

Wood Pellets Catch Fire as Renewable Energy Source, Some of the
fastest growing sources of renewable energy in the world are the wind,
the sun -- and the lowly wood pellet
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4971

The Biomass Thermal Energy Movement Is Picking Up Steam,
Founding Membership Deadline Extended to July 8
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4968

Tax Credit May Pay For Wood Stoves
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4961

BC - UNBC Opens Pellet Plant
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4947

Atikokan Renewable Fuels plans to invest an initial $15 million to
renovate the plant to produce industrial wood pellets
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4954

Green Energy Resources Inks Another Wood Pellet Contract
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4963

FOREST BUSINESS MARKETPLACE ~

http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4942

JOBS ~

Seeking employment, Robert Roth, a forester and manager with experience in
the plans and processes required to manage a successful timberland operation
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4969

Webinar - Forest Carbon Cycles And Management July 13
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=4962

MT - Darby Logger Days July 16th, 17th, 18th July