Supply of Biomass

US Forest Service Woody Biomass Utilization

	Facilitate a Reliable and Sustainable Supply of Biomass Nutrient Cycling Woody biomass provides important ecological functions such as soil organic matter, nutrient cycling, hydrological functioning, and coarse debris for wildlife habitat. These ecological factors must be considered when deciding what biomass is surplus and can be removed. The Forest Service will fully use all existing authorities, including the Healthy Forest Initiative/Healthy Forests Restoration Act and stewardship contracting authority, to facilitate treatment, planning, and implementation to provide a long-term reliable and predictable supply of woody biomass from public and private lands. The Agency will develop estimates of woody biomass expected to be generated through vegetation management treatments. Actively engaging community, tribal, business, and environmental leaders in planning, execution, and monitoring is critical to success. Select the subheadings below to expand or contract the lists of related links and documents, or you may Contract All or Expand All. Related Links FIA Biosum - explores the financial feasibility of landscape scale fuel treatments that reduce fire hazard, leave healthy and sustainable residual forests, and generate both wood products and sub-merchantable woody material suitable as feedstocks to biomass-to-energy generating stations. Coordinated Resource Offering Protocol (In progress) Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) National Program - reports on status and trends in forest area and location; in the species, size, and health of trees; in total tree growth, mortality, and removals by harvest; in wood production and utilization rates by various products; and in forest land ownership. Forest Products Measurement - coordinates biometric activities for the National Forests throughout the nation. Forest Vegetation Simulator - the USDA Forest Service's nationally supported framework for forest growth and yield modeling. My Fuel Treatment Planner - a user-friendly spreadsheet application that provides a way to think through options and questions and to calculate cost or net revenue of treatments and fuel surface loads following treatment. Using Financial Analysis to Assess the Feasibility of Implementation of Ecosystem Management - information about all aspects of operations involved in ecosystem management treatments needed to implement ecosystem management and to avoid the expense of preparing timber sales for which there are no buyers. State Supply Links Colorado Biomass Supply Study Documents A Strategic Assessment of Forest Biomass and Fuel Reduction Treatments in Western States, March 2005 (PDF, 309 KB) A Strategic Assessment of Forest Biomass and Fuel Reduction Treatments in Western States, April, 2003 (PDF, 2.3 MB) Biomass as Feedstock for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry: The Technical Feasibility of a Billion-Ton Annual Supply (PDF, 5.5 MB) Eastern Hardwood Forest Region Woody Biomass Energy Opportunity, October 2007 (PDF, 1.5 MB) Estimating Woody Biomass Supply From Thinning Treatments to Reduce Fire Hazard in the U.S. West (PDF, 655 KB) Western Governor’s Association: Biomass Task Force Report
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