Smallwood 2004: Creating Solutions For Using Small Trees 5/18-21 Sacramento, CA

2004-05-18 08:00:00
Radisson Hotel Sacramento, California

Smallwood 2004: Creating Solutions for Using Small Trees

May 18-21, 2004

Radisson Hotel

Sacramento, California, USA

TO REGISTER CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK:

http://www.forestprod.org/confsmallwood04.html

The objective of this conference is to provide state-of-the-art information
on small tree utilization and to foster peer-to-peer learning. Enormous
quantities of biomass are being generated from hazardous fuel reductions and
are driving the need to create solutions for using small-diameter trees. The
conference will include an international slate of speakers, including
researchers, material and equipment suppliers, manufacturers, and end-users.

Smallwood 2004 will feature two full days (Wednesday and Thursday) of
technical and poster presentations, discussions, and tabletop exhibits on:
Community Partnerships; Forest Health Restoration; Supply and Availability;
Harvesting Systems; Processing and Manufacturing; Markets for Products;
Energy from Woody Biomass; and Workforce Training.

The conference will also include a pre-conference tour Tuesday, May 18, in
the Redding, California, area of mill sites, biomass energy facilities, and
small forest products businesses, and three post-conference tours Friday,
May 21, in the Sacramento area of facilities utilizing wood energy, a
state-of-the-art small log sawmill, and related forest products businesses.
Smallwood 2004 should be of interest to harvesting contractors; rural
development professionals; forest products business owners; leaders within
timber-dependent communities; forest land and fuels managers; financial
lenders; manufacturers and vendors of smallwood harvesting and processing
equipment; researchers and educators; local elected officials; conservation
and environmental groups; local architects, builders, and engineers;
resource advisory committee members; entrepreneurs; and tribal enterprises
interested in small tree utilization.

Smallwood 2004 is being sponsored by the USDA Forest Service and the Western
Forestry Leadership Coalition, in cooperation with the Forest Products
Society, the Universities of California and Idaho, the DOE National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Department of the Interior, the Forest
Resources Association, the California Division of Forestry, and the
California Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils.

Scholarships For many people, the difference between attending a meeting and
5. Do you plan to stay for the entire meeting? not attending a meeting boils
down to a question of time and money. Smallwood makes a limited amount of
financial support available to If not, how much? help with registration,
travel, and lodging costs. In awarding scholarships, Smallwood considers
whether you plan to stay for 6. Do you, or your organization, have an the
entire meeting, and what you hope to contribute and learn by active
community forestry project, or have attending the meeting. Scholarships will
be made available as plans to initiate such a project in the near funds
permit. The maximum is $750.