Forest Biomass Harvesting Stakeholder Forum

More than 40 professionals from a balanced cross-section of interests met Tuesday, April 29, at Iron Range Resources offices in Eveleth, Minnesota, to review existing studies about the availability and feasibility of harvesting biomass from northeastern Minnesota forests and to discuss the practical opportunities for and challenges to sustainable harvest.

This half-day forum was a key recommendation and outcome of the “Seizing Opportunity: Forestry and the Bioeconomy” conference held in September 2007, and convened to continue dialogue on developing the region’s biomass potential, a leading-edge topic in Minnesota’s forest industry. Read more...

• Conference Proceedings (.pdf)
• Agenda (.pdf)
• Definitions (.pdf)
• Informing Report: An Assessment of the Potential for Bioenergy and Biochemicals Production for Forest-derived Biomass in Minnesota.
• Informing Report: Woody Biomass for Energy in Minnesota: Consumption and Availability

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

• Review of Pre-Forum Survey Results Bernadine Joselyn, director pulbic policy and engagement, Blandin Foundation.

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• The Demand Context: What Does Industry Need?
  Dr. Steve Bratkovich, Dovetail Partners

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The Supply Side: What is Available? Where are the Opportunities? Bill Berguson, Program Director, Natural Resources Research Institute. Practitioners weigh in with their experience, concerns, sense of opportunities, and future plans. Andy Datko, Bois Forte Development Corporation; Denise Dexter, Superior National Forest; Dave Epperly, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; Dale Erickson, Erickson Timber; Tom Martinson, Lake County; Peter Wood, Independent Logger, ACLT

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