Smallwood News - September 2, 2009

BREAKING NEWS ~

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Awards More Than
$4.2 Million For Woody Biomass Utilization Projects
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5238

Logging contractors lose financial backing as loans called for up to 35
British Columbia coast operators after financier goes into receivership
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5263

Endowment and Partners Announce Plan for Conservation Easement Database
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5265

FEATURED STORIES ~

Jim Petersen's article “The Green Eyeshade Boys” on International Paper's position
relative to woody biomass from federal timberlands draws rebuttal from IP
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5266

Montana - Fuel For Schools Grapples With Funding Difficulties
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5219

Missouri Dept of Conservation offering Fuels for Schools grants to eligible schools
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5261

RACE TO WOODY BIOMASS ENERGY & BIOFELS ~

Woody biomass to oil process could make forest thinning pay
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5253

Expiring Tax Credits Imperil Americas Booming Biomass Industry
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5223

Nexterra’s Biomass-to-Biogas Tech Gets $7.7M Infusion
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5262

Company plans woody biomass power project in Longview, WA
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5250

PELLET FUELS & FIREWOOD ~

WoodPellets.com Heats Up Biomass Sector with $11 million
in funding to expand its online home delivery system
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5258

Vermont Wood Energy Assets Go To Auction
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5249

Maine Gets $11.4M For Wood Heat Conversion. The state will be using one of its most
abundant resources  wood  to heat up to 15 public buildings from funds received under
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to state officials

FOREST BUSINESS MARKETPLACE ~

Montana DNRC Two Sheep Delivered Logs Sale, Approximately 5,069 tons,
primarily Douglas-fir, ponderosa pine, and Western larch saw-logs
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayAd.asp?id=5260

MT – Senator Max Baucus Promises To Enforce International Lumber Laws
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5235

JOBS ~

Oregon State University Extension Service is recruiting for an Extension & Technology
Transfer Specialist with an academic rank of Associate Professor (Senior Research)
located in the Department of Forest Ecosystems on the Corvallis Campus
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5232

FORESTRY EQUIPMENT ~

Biomass Fuel Processing Options From Peterson
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5246

REPORTS – STUDIES ~

Biomass Power As a Firm Utility Resource: Bigger Not Necessarily Better Or Cheaper
http://www.timberbuysell.com/Community/DisplayNews.asp?id=5243

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
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