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Habitat & Biodiversity Implications of Woody Biomass Harvesting

Keeping the Home Fires Burning: Sustainable Development for the UP
Friday, May 02, 2008
TOPIC(S): Upper Peninsula, woody biomass, schools
This document is the pdf version of the PowerPoint  presentation given at the spring 2008 tours of three wood-heated schools across Michigan's Upper Penisula.  It addresses four main topics: 1) The Biomass Utilization and Restoration Network for the Upper Peninsula (the BURN-UP project); Woody biomass supply issues; ecological sustainability issues; economic and social sustainability issues; and priorities for action.
 

Harnessing the Power of Local Wood Energy
Thursday, November 06, 2008
TOPIC(S): Local biomass utilization; Sustainable energy production

Harnessing the Power of Local Wood Energy is a community resource guide, written by Caitlin Cusack, that weaves technical information with the personal stories of community members who want to heat their local school with sustainably produced woodchips. It details how a rural community can take advantage of the cost savings of wood energy while assuring the wood is sourced and utilized in a "Sustainable, Efficient, Local, and Fair (SELF)" manner.

 

Thinking It Through: Scientists Call For Policy To Guide Biofuels Industry Toward Sustainability
Thursday, November 06, 2008
TOPIC(S): Sustainable Energy Production; Unintended Consequences of Cellulosic Biofuels
SOURCE: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081002172438.htm

As the United States and other nations commit to the path of biofuels production, a group of scientists is calling for sustainable practices in an industry that will, as MBL scientist Jerry Mellilo says, "reshape the Earth's landscape in a significant way."

 

More Research Needed to Make Good on Biofuel Promise, Experts Say

Thursday, November 06, 2008
TOPIC(S): Sustainable Energy Production; Unintended Consequences of Cellulosic Biofuels
SOURCE: http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008b/081003DoeringSustain.html
While cellulosic biofuels derived from grasses, crop residues and inedible plant parts have real potential to be more efficient and environmentally friendly than grain-based biofuels like corn ethanol, more research and science-based policies are needed to reap these benefits, says an international group of experts.
 

Annimal Inn: There's life in dead trees!
Friday, March 21, 2008
TOPIC(S): wildlife, habitat, dead wood, snags
Animal Inn is an environmental education program designed to inform children and adults about the importance of dead and dying trees located in the forests, parks, and even in their own yards! Dead and dying trees support a wide variety of animals and plants.
 
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