Add to ORKGUtilizing woody biomass - small-diameter material and low-valued trees removed from forest restoration activities - on public lands may help reduce agency costs, enhance community wildfire protection, and create employment and economic activity. Yet small businesses adjacent to public land often lack the capacity to harvest and utilize biomass. Businesses face challenges such as limited access to capital and markets, technical assistance, and inconsistent material supply. From 2005-2010, the USDA Forest Service's Woody Biomass Utilization Grant (Woody BUG) program provided resources to address these barriers. We evaluated and compared the impacts of this program in eastern Oregon and in eastern Arizona. Here we summarize the findings from e...
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the United Sta...
Altered forest structure and functional processes have led to many critical conservation problems in...
Interest in woody biomass from forests has increased because of rising fossil fuel costs, concerns a...
A recent article in Restoration Ecology by three Northern Arizona University scholars - Tong Wu, Yeo...
The U.S. Forest Service estimates that 132 million acres of forested public and private land are at ...
Dry ponderosa pine/mixed conifer stands in the Southwestern United States create an overabundance of...
Unnatural wildfires and unprecedented insect and disease outbreaks threaten the ecological and socia...
Fire is a key process that has played a central role in structuring and regulating the function of f...
Hazardous fuels reduction projects with the primary goal of reducing potential for uncontrollable wi...
Western forests are increasingly subject to large, severe wildfires that leave behind large quantiti...
The fires we face today continue to be bigger and more severe than those that occurred historically....
2 pagesUtilizing woody biomass from public lands may help reduce agency costs, enhance community wi...
Northern Arizona is home to the largest contiguous ponderosa pine forest in North America spanning t...
Every $10 invested by the federal government can make a $13 difference to rural northern Arizona eco...
The ponderosa pine ecosystem is a vital source of water resources. Though they cover just 20 percent...
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the United Sta...
Altered forest structure and functional processes have led to many critical conservation problems in...
Interest in woody biomass from forests has increased because of rising fossil fuel costs, concerns a...
A recent article in Restoration Ecology by three Northern Arizona University scholars - Tong Wu, Yeo...
The U.S. Forest Service estimates that 132 million acres of forested public and private land are at ...
Dry ponderosa pine/mixed conifer stands in the Southwestern United States create an overabundance of...
Unnatural wildfires and unprecedented insect and disease outbreaks threaten the ecological and socia...
Fire is a key process that has played a central role in structuring and regulating the function of f...
Hazardous fuels reduction projects with the primary goal of reducing potential for uncontrollable wi...
Western forests are increasingly subject to large, severe wildfires that leave behind large quantiti...
The fires we face today continue to be bigger and more severe than those that occurred historically....
2 pagesUtilizing woody biomass from public lands may help reduce agency costs, enhance community wi...
Northern Arizona is home to the largest contiguous ponderosa pine forest in North America spanning t...
Every $10 invested by the federal government can make a $13 difference to rural northern Arizona eco...
The ponderosa pine ecosystem is a vital source of water resources. Though they cover just 20 percent...
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the United Sta...
Altered forest structure and functional processes have led to many critical conservation problems in...
Interest in woody biomass from forests has increased because of rising fossil fuel costs, concerns a...