LOGGING UTILIZATION
AND BIOMASS

Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance (NARA)

BBER is a participant in two phases of the NARA project: Feedstock Supply Chain Analysis and Extension Initiative. Woody biomass supply analysis is a necessary component of the NARA proposal. In order to ascertain the social, economic, and environmental impacts and sustainability of producing new wood-based energy products, the potential supply of woody biomass feedstock from various sources will be evaluated. The specific objectives of the Feedstock Supply Chain Analysis Phase are to identify and provide the primary data necessary to assess the woody biomass inventory with particular emphasis on mill and logging residue in the 4-state region and standing forest inventory in Montana and Idaho.

The Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance (NARA) project was supported by the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grant no. 2011-68005-30416 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

A comparison of methodologies for estimating delivered forest residue volume and cost to a wood-based biorefinery in Biomass and Bioenergy 106 (2017) by Natalie Martinkus, Greg Latta, Todd Morgan and Michael Wolcott

TIMBER PRODUCTS OUTPUT (TPO): Forest Inventory, Timber Harvest, Mill and Logging Residue - Essential Feedstock Information Needed to Characterize the NARA Supply Chain (2016)

NARA Video: Forest Resdiuals: Availability and Collection (October 2016)

Presentation: Logging Utilization in Oregon and Washington, 2011- 2015 (Timber Measurements Society 2017)

Logging Utilization Research in the Pacific Northwest: Residue Prediction and Unique Research Challenges (FIA Science Symposium 2015)

Presentation: Logging Utilization Research in the Pacific Northwest: Residue Prediction and Unique Research Challenges (FIA Science Symposium 2015)

Presentation: Improving Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) Estimates of Logging Residues (SAF 2014)

Logging Utilization: Decision Support Tools for Land Managers (presented at Seattle Biofuels Conference 2014)

Presentation: Estimating Logging Residue Volumes in the State of Idaho: preliminary predictive models (SAF 2012)

Presentation: Woody Biomass from Logging and Mill Residuals

Webinar: Incorporating TPO harvest residue information and forest market models to evaluate bio-refinery siting potential

NARA Logging Utilization 2015 - (poster)