From kevin.weeks at state.or.us Mon Jun 15 15:45:50 2009 From: kevin.weeks at state.or.us (WEEKS Kevin) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:45:50 -0700 Subject: [Forest_Biomass] recent newsclips on forest biomass efforts Message-ID: <2659B04496B9C544A0CB26155C1FD1B652679B6E@WPODFEXCL01.ODF.STATE.OR.US> Two recent articles about forest biomass development efforts in Oregon... 1) Toler continues to push for JoCo biomass efforts June 10, 2009 Illinois Valley News http://www.illinois-valley-news.com/archive/2009/06/10/story-toler_biomass.html Josephine County Commissioner Dave Toler is continuing his efforts to make biomass production a reality in Southwestern Oregon. The board of county commissioners recently approved using $10,000 in Title III funds to examine development of a biomass system. 2) Panel: Wood chips could cut business costs (Coos Bay World (c) 06/13/2009) http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2009/06/13/news/doc4a332b0a052a9504926475.txt Panel discussion in Coos County on the benefits of forest biomass. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kevin Weeks Public Information Officer / Private Forests Division Oregon Department of Forestry (503) 945-7427 kweeks at odf.state.or.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: