Webinar presentations
The webinar held on February 28th gave attendees some excellent background on the USFS Woody Biomass Utilization grants program and provided an opportunity for applicants to as questions about the solicitation to program managers from USFS Region 5 and the USFS Forest Products Lab. The Technology Marketing Unit at FPL is responsible for coordinating the grant and has application materials available on their website. The full content of the webinar including answers to participants questions will be made available on the UC Woody Biomass Utilization group website soon. In the interim here are links to the presentations:
- Biomass Utilization group and the USFS - UC Berkeley cooperative agreement
- John Shelly, UC Berkeley
- Region 5 perspective on 2013 WBUG program
- Larry Swan, USFS Region 5
- WBUG history and overview
- Mark Knaebe, USFS Forest Products Lab
- Important considerations for 2013 program
- Rusty Dramm, USFS Forest Products Lab
- USDA Rural Development wood to energy opportunites
- Steven Scott Nichols, USDA Rural Development
- Farm bill funding opportunities for forestry
- Alan Forkey, USDA NRCS
We will be posting the full recorded webinar on the website soon, stay tuned!