Grant information workshop: Hazardous Fuels Woody Biomass Utilization Grant, Southern California, San Bernardino
6pm-8pm October 26th, 2009 

Location: Forest Supervisor’s Office, 602 South Tippecanoe Avenue
San Bernardino, CA 92408

This short workshop aims to provide information on the Forest Service 2010 Hazardous Fuels Woody Biomass Grants program.

This national program is intended to help improve forest restoration by using and creating markets for small-diameter material and low-valued trees removed from hazardous fuel reduction and forest health activities.

Funds are targeted to help communities, entrepreneurs, and others turn residues from hazardous fuel reduction and forest health projects into marketable forest products and/or energy products.

Individual grants can be from $50,000 to a maximum of $350,000.  Half of the funds will be targeted towards “high priority national forests” which includes the San Bernardino National Forest and other national forests in Southern California.

Topics will include:
• Background
• Application process
• Eligibility
• Obligations
• Timeline
• Examples of successful projects (including locally)
• Assistance available to help with applications
• Questions

The workshop is organized by the Center for Forestry at UC Berkeley and the San Bernardino National Forest with the assistance of the California Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils and USDA Forest Service State and Private Forestry Region 5.  We will start promptly at 6pm.

There is no cost for this workshop but we would appreciate it if you could register in advance either online here or by printing and returning the form here WBUG Grant Information workshop Southern California (pdf file).

For further information please see the Woody Biomass website or contact Gareth Mayhead: gmayhead@berkeley.edu.

Sponsored by:
University of California Berkeley, Center for Forestry
California Association of Resource Conservation & Development Councils
USDA Forest Service, Region 5