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Stewardship Contracting and Woody Biomass Utilization Workshop:
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 (Invited)
 
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 (Invited)
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