Archives: June 2008
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30 June 2008
Abstracts Sought for Meeting December 15-19
We are organizing a session at the fall meeting (15-19 December 2008) of the American Geophysical Union ( http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/) entitled B23: Environmental and Ecological Consequences of Deploying Second Generation Biofuels on the Landscape. We encourage you to submit an abstract to this session (Online Submission Deadline - 10 September 2008; http://submissions3.agu.org/submission/entrance.asp). We are particularly interested in scientific results stemming from empirical, theoretical or synthesis studies examining the ecological or environmental consequences of converting current land uses to potential biofuel feedstocks. With your participation, this should be an exciting and highly visible session.
We look forward to seeing you in San Francisco.
12 June 2008
WORKSHOP FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
NACD and Partners Offer Funds for Woody Biomass Workshops NACD, in cooperation with the Department of the Interior (DOI) and USDA Forest Service (USFS), is making a limited amount of financial support available for organizing and conducting state or regional sub-state multi-county woody biomass utilization workshops. Intended recipients are state and local governments, tribes and non-profit organizations and
entities. Subject to funding availability, up to a maximum of $24,000.00 may be available for sponsoring such workshops across the United States between the dates of July 1, 2008 and March 31, 2009. Please note that individual workshop sponsorships are limited to $2,000.00 each and funds will be disbursed upon successful workshop completion.
Applications must be submitted no later than August 31, 2008 and will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis until the total available funds have been obligated. All applications should be submitted to Fred Deneke, NACD Forestry Programs Coordinator, 265 West Soaring Avenue, Prescott, AZ 86301. The application form is available for download on NACD’s website at http://nacdnet.org/workshop_sponsorship/forms.doc.
If you have any questions or would like more information, contact Fred Deneke (928)443-5456 or fjdeneke@yahoo.com. 3. NACD and Partners Offer Funds for Woody Biomass Workshops NACD, in cooperation with the Department of the Interior (DOI) and USDA Forest Service (USFS), is making a limited amount of financial support available for organizing and conducting state or regional sub-state multi-county woody biomass utilization workshops. Intended recipients are state and local governments, tribes and non-profit organizations and entities. Subject to funding availability, up to a maximum of $24,000.00 may be available for sponsoring such workshops across the United States between the dates of July 1, 2008 and March 31, 2009. Please note that individual workshop sponsorships are limited to $2,000.00 each and funds will be disbursed upon successful workshop completion.
If you have any questions or would like more information, contact Fred Deneke at (928)443-5456 or fjdeneke@yahoo.com.
3 June 2008
EXPERTS SAY FARM BILL WILL SPEED MOVE TO CELLULOSIC ETHANOL
Provisions in the new farm bill will help speed the transition from corn-based ethanol to fuels made from biomass, industry executives said Thursday. Under the Biomass Crop Assistance Program, farmers in a defined project area near a cellulosic ethanol plant could choose to enroll land for dedicated energy crops. Farmers would be covered for up to 75 percent of costs to establish the crop, and could receive annual rental payments to compensate them for lost opportunity costs, said Sen. John Thune. “What we need is not less biofuels, we need more biofuels,” said Thune, who introduced some of the incentives in the Senate last year.
30 June 2008
Abstracts Sought for Meeting December 15-19
We are organizing a session at the fall meeting (15-19 December 2008) of the American Geophysical Union ( http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/) entitled B23: Environmental and Ecological Consequences of Deploying Second Generation Biofuels on the Landscape. We encourage you to submit an abstract to this session (Online Submission Deadline - 10 September 2008; http://submissions3.agu.org/submission/entrance.asp). We are particularly interested in scientific results stemming from empirical, theoretical or synthesis studies examining the ecological or environmental consequences of converting current land uses to potential biofuel feedstocks. With your participation, this should be an exciting and highly visible session.
We look forward to seeing you in San Francisco.
12 June 2008
WORKSHOP FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
NACD and Partners Offer Funds for Woody Biomass Workshops NACD, in cooperation with the Department of the Interior (DOI) and USDA Forest Service (USFS), is making a limited amount of financial support available for organizing and conducting state or regional sub-state multi-county woody biomass utilization workshops. Intended recipients are state and local governments, tribes and non-profit organizations and
entities. Subject to funding availability, up to a maximum of $24,000.00 may be available for sponsoring such workshops across the United States between the dates of July 1, 2008 and March 31, 2009. Please note that individual workshop sponsorships are limited to $2,000.00 each and funds will be disbursed upon successful workshop completion.
Applications must be submitted no later than August 31, 2008 and will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis until the total available funds have been obligated. All applications should be submitted to Fred Deneke, NACD Forestry Programs Coordinator, 265 West Soaring Avenue, Prescott, AZ 86301. The application form is available for download on NACD’s website at http://nacdnet.org/workshop_sponsorship/forms.doc.
If you have any questions or would like more information, contact Fred Deneke (928)443-5456 or fjdeneke@yahoo.com. 3. NACD and Partners Offer Funds for Woody Biomass Workshops NACD, in cooperation with the Department of the Interior (DOI) and USDA Forest Service (USFS), is making a limited amount of financial support available for organizing and conducting state or regional sub-state multi-county woody biomass utilization workshops. Intended recipients are state and local governments, tribes and non-profit organizations and entities. Subject to funding availability, up to a maximum of $24,000.00 may be available for sponsoring such workshops across the United States between the dates of July 1, 2008 and March 31, 2009. Please note that individual workshop sponsorships are limited to $2,000.00 each and funds will be disbursed upon successful workshop completion.
If you have any questions or would like more information, contact Fred Deneke at (928)443-5456 or fjdeneke@yahoo.com.
3 June 2008
EXPERTS SAY FARM BILL WILL SPEED MOVE TO CELLULOSIC ETHANOL
Provisions in the new farm bill will help speed the transition from corn-based ethanol to fuels made from biomass, industry executives said Thursday. Under the Biomass Crop Assistance Program, farmers in a defined project area near a cellulosic ethanol plant could choose to enroll land for dedicated energy crops. Farmers would be covered for up to 75 percent of costs to establish the crop, and could receive annual rental payments to compensate them for lost opportunity costs, said Sen. John Thune. “What we need is not less biofuels, we need more biofuels,” said Thune, who introduced some of the incentives in the Senate last year.
