Renewed interest in wood as power source
Posted on Friday, October 10, 2008USFS 2009 woody biomass grants
Posted on Friday, September 19, 2008Silver lining: renewable fuels company says it wants wood debris from storm
Posted on Friday, August 29, 2008PA releases guidelines for landowners and industry on harvesting biomass
Posted on Wednesday, July 23, 2008The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is offering guidelines for harvesting forest biomass as an alternative energy source. The guidelines were prepared with comments from various stakeholder groups after DCNR's two-year study of forest biomass energy and related issues and include a number of recommendations for private forest landowners, for example, how much biomass should be left in the forest during harvesting to protect soil quality, wildlife habitat and future forest productivity.
New DOE genome sequencing projects include Loblolly pine
Posted on Thursday, July 3, 2008
Loblolly pine is the most commonly planted tree species in America – accounting for about 75 percent of all seedlings planted each year – and will be the focus of one of 44 DNA sequencing projects the DOE's Joint Genome Institute will undertake in the coming year.
