Tools

• Woody Biomass Utilization Desk Guide, September 2007 (PDF, 1.7 MB)
• Woody Biomass Utilization Scorecard - Is it a viable opportunity?
• Hazardous Fuels Treatment (PDF, 18 KB) - This flowchart developed by the Partnership Resource Center will help you determine the appropriate authority or instrument to accomplish your hazardous fuel or woody biomass project.
• Understory Biomass Reduction Methods and Equipment Catalog

• Forest Vegetation Simulator
• Fuel Reduction Cost Simulator
• My Fuel Treatment Planner

• Forest Engineering, Inc

• 2007 Woody Biomass Grants
• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Financial Opportunities
• Federal Business Opportunities
• Funding Opportunities: A Directory of Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, and Environmental Protection Assistance Programs (PDF, 1.0 MB)
• National Association of Conservation Districts Catalog of Selected Federal Grants and Assistance Supporting the National Fire Plan

General

• Climate Change Resource Center (CCRC) - a reference Web site for resource managers and decisionmakers who need information and tools to address climate change in planning and project implementation on lands in the West.
• Fuels for Schools- a venture between public schools, State Foresters, and Regional Foresters of the Forest Service to helps public schools retrofit their current fuel or gas heating system to small-scale biomass heating systems.
• Renewable Electric Plant Information System – provides information on renewable energy plants and installed capacity for energy planners, policy makers, and others interested in renewable energy.

Stewardship Contracting

• Forest Service Stewardship Contracting - includes natural resource management practices seeking to promote a closer working relationship with local communities in a broad range of activities that improve land conditions.
• Land Stewardship Demonstration Contracts, Region 1 - projects focused on achieving desired future resource conditions rather than meeting assigned output targets, and contribute to the development of sustainable rural communities.

Other Government

• Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration - provides policy-independent data, forecasts, and analyses to promote sound policy-making, efficient markets, and public understanding regarding energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment.
• Department of Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory - the U.S. Department of Energy's premier laboratory for renewable energy research and development and a lead lab for energy efficiency R&D.
• Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Biomass Program - develops technology for conversion of biomass (plant-derived material) to valuable fuels, chemicals, materials and power, so as to reduce dependence on foreign oil and foster growth of biorefineries.
• Healthy Forests and Rangelands - provides fire, fuels, and land management information to government officials, land and fire management professionals, businesses, communities, and other interested organizations and individuals.
• Joint Fire Sciences Project - provides scientific information and support for fuel and fire management programs.
• USDA Energy - provides comprehensive information on energy-related programs, funding opportunities, and technical support across all USDA agencies and offices.