Pacific Southwest Research Station

PSW science and policy work contributes to understanding carbon cycles in the environment and carbon as a factor in resource management given climate change.

Ongoing Research:

• Carbon Life Cycles Analyses Contact: Mark Nechodom, mnechodom@fs.fes.us
• Overview of the Biomass 2 Energy Project
• Forests to Electrons: Costs and Benefits of Using Wildland Biomass to Generate Electrical Power
• B2E Life Cycle Assessment - Using Wildland Biomass to Generate Electrical Power


• Carbon in the Urban Environment
• Soil Carbon

Research is conducted by:

• Forest Biomass Energy Life Cycle Assessment Project
• Ecology and Management of Western Forests Influenced by Mediterranean Climate (RWU-4155)
• Center for Urban Forest Research (RWU-4952)