Non-Government
Woody Biomass Utilization Activity
Private initiatives and organization that support the utilization of woody biomass include:
- 25 x 25 Renewable Energy Initiative - A coalition of agriculture, industry and environmental leaders with goal to have America get 25% of its energy from renewable sources by 2025.
- Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance - The Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance is an industry-led partnership with government and academia that holds the promise of reinventing the forest products industry through innovation in processes, materials and markets.
- American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) - Works to bring all forms of renewable energy into the mainstream of America's economy and lifestyle.
- Council on Sustainable Biomass Production (CSBP) - The Council on Sustainable Biomass Production (CSBP) is a multi-stakeholder group developing voluntary biomass to biofuel sustainability principles and standards for the production of feedstocks for second generation refineries (feedstocks for cellulosic refineries).
- Farm Foundation - The Farm Foundation focuses its programming on six priority areas: Globalization; Environmental and Natural Resource Issues; Consumer Issues; Role of Agricultural Institutions; Rural Community Viability; and New Technologies.
- Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act Implementation On the Eagle Lake Ranger District, Lassen National Forest - Illustration of projects being implemented by the staff of the Eagle Lake Ranger District of Lassen National Forest under the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act of 2000, which can be implemented in a cost effective manner and still provide for owl habitat and old-growth characteristics.
Pinchot Institute - The Pinchot institute advances conservation and sustainable natural resource management by developing innovative, practical, and broadly supported solutions to conservation challenges and opportunities.
- Pinchot Institute's Wood-Based Bioenergy: A National Dialogue - The Pinchot Institute, in collaboration with a myriad of other interested groups, convened a national dialogue on how best to take advantage of opportunities provided by wood bioenergy technologies. The dialogue introduced those in the conservation community along with organizations from the energy, agricultural, rural economic development and sustainable forestry interests to identify potential risks to important conservation values which may arise from the development of these new and emerging technologies.
- U.S. Combined Heat and Power Association - Works in coordination with a variety of government programs in the promotion of combined heat and power.
- Western Forestry Leadership Coalition - Programs assist family forest-owners, rural and state fire organizations, and community forestry groups to help improve forest health, encourage land conservation, and stimulate community economic recovery.