[Forest_Biomass] Forest Biomass in the News

[WEEKS Kevin]

These news stories about forest biomass appeared in the media within the past few days...

Oregon forestry department offers grant money to move Douglas County slash piles to biofuel plants http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/01/oregon_forestry_department_off.html                                                              The Oregon Department of Forestry<http://www.oregon.gov/ODF/index.shtml> is offering grant money to help Douglas County landowners move woody debris to energy production facilities.

A year of burning issues for biomass energy http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/01/a_year_of_burning_issues_for_b.html                                                                        A key project is off the ground in Lakeview, but tax incentives are imperiled and the EPA is about to close the damper on turning woody debris into energy

Iberdrola opens US Forestry co-generation biomass plant in Oregon
Global Energy Magazine
http://www.globalenergymagazine.com/?p=2630


Kevin Weeks

Public Information Officer

Oregon Department of Forestry

Agency Affairs Office

(503) 945-7427

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