National Wood-to-Energy Consensus Recommendations<\/a><\/p>\nFORUM SESSIONS\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
\n1. Wood Demand and Supply Forum<\/strong> Topics and Speakers<\/p>\nEnergy Demand Outlook for the United States<\/strong><\/em>. Dr. Marie LaRiviere, Analyst
\nU.S. Department\u00a0 Of\u00a0 Energy, Energy Information Agency, Knoxville, TN.<\/p>\n2010 RPA Supply\/Demand Analysis<\/strong><\/em>. Dr. David Wear, Project Leader
\nUSDA Forest Service,Washington, D.C.
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\n\u201cBillion-Ton\u201d Study Update<\/strong><\/em>. Bob Perlack, Lead Analyst
\nOak Ridge National Laboratory,Oak Ridge, TN
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\nWood Energy & Forest Sustainability<\/strong><\/em>. Al Sample, Executive Director
\nPinchot Institute,Washington, D.C.
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\nA Developing Bioenergy Market & its Implications on Forests & Forest Products Markets in the U.S.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Mike Clutter, Dean
\nWarnell School of Forestry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.<\/p>\nViability of Pending of Wood-to-Energy Projects in the Southeastern U.S.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Brooks Mendell, President
\nForisk, Inc., Athens, GA.<\/p>\nIncreasing Wood Growth & Biomass Yields from Non-Intensively Managed Forests.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Neil Sampson, President
\nThe Sampson Group, Alexandria, VA.<\/p>\nIncreasing Wood Growth & Biomass Yields on Current and Future Forests through Intensive Forest Management.<\/strong><\/em> Eric Vance, Project Manager, National Council on Air and\u00a0Stream Improvement, Raleigh-Durham, NC.<\/p>\nIncreasing Wood Yields via Short-Rotation Forestry.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Jake Eaton, Director Research and\u00a0 Resource Planning
\nGreenWood Resources, Inc., Portland, OR<\/p>\nIncreasing Wood Yields via Genetics & Breeding.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Maude Hinchee, Chief Technology\u00a0Officer
\nArborGen, LLC, Summerville, SC.<\/p>\n2. Sustainability Forum<\/strong> Topics and Speakers
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\nStage Setting: Sustainability – The Issues and the Opportunities,<\/strong><\/em> Dr. Virginia Dale, Director for BioEnergy Sustainability, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN<\/p>\nPanel 1: Biomass for energy – Managing for long-term soil productivity and sustainability.<\/strong><\/em>
\nManaging for long-term soil productivity in natural forests.<\/em> Dr. Andy Scott, Research Soil Scientist
\nEcology and Management of Southern Pines, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Pineville, LA.
\nManaging for long-term soil productivity in intensively managed forests.<\/em> Dr. Howard Duzan, Forestry Research Team Leader, Weyerhaeuser Timberlands, Columbus, MS.<\/p>\nPanel 2: Biomass for energy \u2013 Managing for water quantity and water quality. <\/strong><\/em>
\nManaging water quantity and quality on forestlands<\/em>. Dr. George Ice, Principal Scientist
\nNational Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc., Corvallis, OR.
\nManaging water quantity and water quality on intensively managed forests.<\/em>
\nDr. Jami Nettles, Forest Hydrologist, Weyerhaeuser Timberlands, Columbus, MS<\/p>\nPanel 3: Biomass for energy \u2013 Managing for biodiversity in natural forests and forest plantations.<\/strong><\/em>
\nRob Olszewski, Vice President, Environmental Affairs, Plum Creek Corporation, Atlanta, GA
\nPaul Trianosky, Director of Forest Conservation, Eastern Division, The Nature Conservancy, Mountain City, TN
\nDr. Tim Volk, Professor, SUNY, Syracuse, NY<\/p>\nPanel 4: Biomass for energy \u2013 Managing for social and economic sustainability.<\/strong><\/em>
\nRobert Fledderman, Manager, Emerging Issues, Corporate Safety, Health and
\nEnvironment Department, Mead Westvaco Corp., Richmond, VA
\nTom Deponty, Director, Public Affairs, ADAGE, Bethesda, MD.
\nDr. Dennis Becker, Asst. Professor, College of Forestry & Natural Resources, U. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
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\nPanel 5: Biomass for energy \u2013 Strategies for insuring forest sustainability.<\/em><\/strong>
\nJohn Heissenbuttel, President, Phoenix Strategic Solutions, Inc.
\nBob Perschel, Northeast Region Director, Forest Guild, Holden, MA
\nNathan McClure, Chief Forester, Forest Utilization Department, Georgia Forestry Commission, Dahlonega, GA
\nAllison Welde, Director, Conservation Partnerships & Communications, SFI, Inc., Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/em>3. Carbon and Climate Change Forum<\/strong> Topics and Speakers<\/p>\nStage Setting and Overview \u2013 The role of U.S. forests, forest production, and forest products in the global carbon cycle.<\/strong><\/em> Dr. Richard Birdsey, USDA Forest Service.<\/p>\nPanel 1: Projections on changes in land-use and carbon
\nstocks\/flows resulting from the increasing use of biomass for energy and
\nproperly accounting for land use change emissions in climate protection
\nregimes.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte, University of Tennessee and Steve Hamburg, Environmental Defense Fund.<\/p>\nLife cycle assessment and accounting for carbon in forests, forest
\nproduction, and forest products under proposed climate change and
\nbioenergy policies.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Reid Miner, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc., Raleigh-Durham, NC.<\/p>\nPanel 2: Energy pathways and technologies and their impacts on net carbon emissions.<\/strong><\/em> Neal Rossmiessl, DOE; Greg Morris, Green Power Institute; and Michael Wang, DOE-Argonne Laboratory.<\/p>\nPanel 3: Forest management systems for the production of renewable energy and global carbon management.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> Dr. Marilyn Buford, U.S. Forest Service; David Ganz, TNC; and Dr. Tim Volk, SUNY. Targeting marginal cropland.<\/p>\nPanel 4: Carbon neutral strategies for agriculture and forestry in an uncertain policy environment.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em> Dr. Jeffrey Frost, Agrifresh, Inc.; and Bill Carlson, Carlson Small Power Associates.
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\n4. Policy Forum <\/strong>Topics and Speakers<\/p>\nCurrent issues in federal biomass energy policy<\/strong><\/em>. Bill Imbergamo, Majority Staff, Senate Agriculture Committee.<\/p>\nA vision for federal energy policy as it relates to biomass.<\/strong><\/em> Chris Recchia, Executive Director, Biomass Energy Resource Center<\/p>\nPanel: Leaders of major biomass energy trade organizations and NGO interests respond to vision presented by previous speaker.
\n<\/strong><\/em>Robert Cleaves, Biomass Power Association
\nJohn Ackerly, Alliance for Green Heat and Biomass Thermal Energy Council
\nBen Larson, Union of Concerned Scientists
\nEric Myers, Duke Energy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 2010 and 2011, the 25×25 Alliance and the Federal Interagency Woody Biomass Working Group convened a Wood-to-Energy Workgroup, consisting of representatives from landowner groups, professional forestry organizations, environmental organizations, traditional forest industries, emerging renewable energy industries, and academia. Through a series of forums, they explored four topics vital to the future of biomass energy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solutionsfromtheland.org\/25x25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solutionsfromtheland.org\/25x25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solutionsfromtheland.org\/25x25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solutionsfromtheland.org\/25x25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solutionsfromtheland.org\/25x25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=758"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.solutionsfromtheland.org\/25x25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3998,"href":"https:\/\/www.solutionsfromtheland.org\/25x25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions\/3998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solutionsfromtheland.org\/25x25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solutionsfromtheland.org\/25x25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solutionsfromtheland.org\/25x25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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