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 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

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