Stewardship Contracting & Woody Biomass Utilization Workshop, Tulare

Opportunities for Sierra and Sequoia National Forests

May 5th-6th 2009, Tulare, California

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Tuesday 5th May - Setting the Scene and Stewardship Contracting

Morning Session

Opening remarks - Tina Terrell, Sequoia National Forest, Edward Cole, Sierra

National Forest (Verbal presentations)

Existing programs and oportunities on the Sierra and Sequoia National Forests-

Mike Price, Sierra/Sequoia National Forest, Jim Whitfield, Sequoia National Forest

Overview of Stewardship Contracting - Marcus Kauffman, Resource Innovations

Regional perspectives on stewardship - Don Golnick, USDA Forest Service Region 5

Afternoon Session

Integrated Resource Contract Examples - Don Otis, USDA Forest Service Region 5

Contractor perspectives on stewardship - Larry Duysen, Sierra Forest Products

Mike Albrecht, Sierra Resource Management (Verbal presentations)

Local Forest Service experience with stewardship - Mike Price and Paul Miller,

Sierra/Sequoia National Forest

Environmental community perspectives - Warren Alford

Case studies - Marcus Kauffman, Resource Innovations

Product and market opportunities for woody biomass

General overview - Gareth Mayhead, UC Berkeley

Electrical generation and liquid fuels - John Shelly, UC Berkeley

Wednesday 6th May - Markets for Woody Biomass

Morning Session

Panel: current and potential markets

California overview - Gareth Mayhead, UC Berkeley

Sawmilling and residuals - Larry Duysen, Sierra Forest Products

(Verbal presentation)

Local biomass powerplant opportunities - Gareth Mayhead, UC Berkeley

Niche products - Jon Wagy, Wagy Forest Products (Verbal presentation)

Densified wood fuels - Gareth Mayhead, UC Berkeley

Air quality issues for forests and use of woody biomass - Scott Nester, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District

Forest Service programs to support market development - Bruce Goines, USDA Forest Service Region 5

Visioning exercise: bringing it all together

Afternoon Session

Sierra Forest Products field tour