Proceedings of the Short Rotation Woody Crops Operations Working Group Conference

Sponsored by: US Department of Energy; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Biofuels Feedstock Development Program; USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station; International Energy Agency, Short Rotation Forestry Production Systems Activity; Electric Power Research Institute; Westvaco Corporation

September 23-25, 1996
Paducah, Kentucky, USA
Compiled by: Bryce J. Stokes

These proceedings are the compiled papers presented and submitted or transcribed, edited by the authors, and submitted to the organizers of The First Conference of the Short-Rotation Woody Crops Operations Working Group. The authors are responsible for the content and accuracy of their individual papers. Please direct questions to the primary author as listed for each paper.

Prepared in USA, September 1997

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Table of Contents

Prologue

General Session - Fiber, energy, agricultural and environmental perspectives on the future of SRWC. Moderator - Lynn Wright, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN

International & North American Perspective: Short-Rotation Woody Crop Potential and Markets - Industrial/fiber Perspective - R. Bruce Arnold, International Forestry Consultant, Wayne, PA

Agriculture’s Perspective of Short-Rotation Forestry - Fred Roguske, Minnesota farmer cooperative and Lake Country Resources Co., Willmar, MN

Utility's Interest in Using Wood for Power Production - Evan Hughes, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA

The Role of Short-Rotation Woody Crops in Sustainable Development - Jim Shepard, NCASI, Gainesville, FL and Virginia Tolbert, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN

Agenda 2020 Forest Products Vision - Tom Foust, DOE/OIT, Washington, DC

Technical Session -SRWC Operations -- What's working? Moderator - Bob Perlack, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN

Southern Perspective: Boise Cascade's Short-Rotation Woody Crop Operations - Steve Coleman, Boise Cascade, DeRidder, LA

Central/Southern Perspective - Westvaco's Short-Rotation Operations - Gail Simonds, Westvaco, Wickliffe, KY

Western Perspective: Boise Cascade's Short-Rotation Operations in Washington and Oregon - Steve Pottle, Boise Cascade, Wallula, WA

Western Perspective: SRWC Operations - Field Conversion and Plantation Establishment - Jake Eaton and John Finley, Potlatch, Boardman, OR

Northeast Energy Perspective: Willow Biomass - Bioenergy Industry Development - Ed Neuhauser, Niagara-Mohawk, Syracuse, NY; Larry Abrahamson, State University of NewYork, Syracuse, NY

Intensive Culture of Hybrid Poplars in Minnesota - Don E. Riemenschneider and Daniel A. Netzer, USDA Forest Services, Rhinelander, WI and Bill Berguson, Natural Resources Research Institute, Duluth, MN

Technical Session - SRWC Operations -- What's new? Moderator - Randy Richter, Simpson Timber Co., Corning, CA

Guidelines for Drip Irrigation and Fertigation of Pines and Hardwoods - Ilan Bar, Netafim, Altamonte Springs, FL

Water Resource Planning Considerations for Irrigated Short Rotation Intensive Culture Projects - Mark Madison, CH2M HILL, Portland, OR and Greg Brubaker, CH2M HILL, Gainesville, FL

Weed Control Strategies for SRIC Hybrid Poplar Plantations: Farmer’s Perspective - Bill Schuette and Chuck Kaiser, James River, Clatskanie, OR

Environmental Impacts of Converting Cropland to Short-Rotation Woody Crops - Dev Joslin, TVA, Norris, TN

Harvesting Systems for Short-Rotation Woody Crops - Bruce Hartsough and David Yomogida, University of California, Davis CA and Bryce Stokes, USDA Forest Service, Auburn AL

A Review of Short-Rotation Forestry Harvesting in Europe - Raffaele Spinelli, CNR/IRL, Italy and Pieter Kofman, Danish Forest and Landscape Research Institute, Denmark

Technical Session - SRWC Operations Panel Discussion -- What's needed? Moderator - Bruce Hartsough, University of California, Davis CA

Short-Rotational Woody Crops in the Industrial South - Joe Cox, Champion International, Cantonment, FL

Short-Rotational Woody Crops in the Industrial West - Chuck Kaiser, Don Rice and Bill Schuette, James River, Clatskanie, OR

Manufacturer’s Perspective - Larry Burkholder and Milan Robinson, Morbark Industries, Winn, MI

APPENDICES

List of Attendees

Tour Information

Charter

Steering Committee, 1995-1996

Minutes of General Business Meeting, 1996

Minutes of Steering Committee, March 1997

Steering Committee, 1997

File posted on March 17, 1998; Date Modified: February 21, 1999