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Panel Sessions

Community Roadmap to Renewable Woody Biomass

Sarah S. Smith, UNH Cooperative Extension, Rick DeMark, North Country Resource Conservation and Development, Dr. Thad Guldbranssen, Plymouth State University Community, Shanna Ratner, Yellow Wood Associates Community, and Chris Recchia, Biomass

Current and Future Biomass Harvesting Guidelines in Northern Forest States

Robert T. Perschel Northeast Director, Forest Guild

Scientific Impact Assessments of Harvesting Practices in the Northern Forest for Energy Biomass

Thomas Buchholz, Anna Mika, Caitlin Littlefield, and William Keeton, Carbon Dynamics Lab, The University of Vermont

Toward a Global Woody Biomass Energy Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accounting Framework: Lessons from the Massachusetts Biomass Sustainability and Carbon Policy Study

John Gunn, PhD, Senior Program Leader Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences

Forest Bioenergy or Forest Carbon? Assessing Trade-Offs in Greenhouse Gas Mitigation

Jon McKechnie, Steve Colombo, and Heather L. MacLean, University of Toronto

Papers on Willow Plantations

Seasonal Dynamics of Nutrient  Supply and Uptake in an Organic and Inorganic Fertilized Short Rotation Willow Coppice System

Amos K. Quaye and Timothy A. Volk, SUNY, College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Above- and Below-ground Biomass and Soil Organic Carbon Inventories of Willow Biomass Crops Across a 19 year Chronosequence

Renato S. Pacaldo, Timothy A. Volk, Lawrence P. Abrahamson, and Russell D. Briggs Department of Forest and Natural Resource Management, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Papers on Human Health and Air Quality

Residential Wood Boiler Efficiency and Emissions Performance – Air Quality and Health Effects Implications

Ellen Burkhard, Ph.D., Senior Project Manager, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

Emission Measurements from Three High Efficiency Wood Boilers

Sriraam Ramanathan Chandrasekaran, James Laing, Suresh Raja, Thomas Holsen, Philip K. Hopke, Center for Air Resources Engineering and Science, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY

Papers on Soils

Acidic Deposition-Induced Calcium Depletion Disrupts the Physiology of Trees, Predisposing Them to Reduced Growth and Decline.

Paul G. Schaberg1, Gary J. Hawley2, Joshua M. Halman2, Paula F. Murakami1, and Christopher F. Hansen2: 1 USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, 705 Spear Street, South Burlington, VT 05403 2 The University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, 81 Carrigan Drive, Burlington, VT 05405

Carbon Loss in Mineral Soil Horizons: The Effects of 120 Years of Forest Harvesting in New England

Rachel A. Neurath (1) and Andrew J. Friedland (2): (1) Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College (2) Environmental Studies Department, Dartmouth College

Monitoring Plots to Detect Change in Soil Carbon Pools in Vermont’s Managed Forests

Donald S. Ross Juliette Juillerat, University of Vermont, Dept. of Plant & Soil Science Sandy Wilmot, Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation

Comparing the Soil CO2 Flux in Short Rotation Willow Crop (Salix dasyclados) Stand as Affected by Tear Out and Continues Production Treatments

Renato S. Pacaldo*, Timothy A. Volk, and Russell D. Briggs Department of Forest and Natural Resource Management, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210Sustainable Standards and Harvest Impacts

Papers on Sustainable Standards and Harvest Impacts

No Free Lunch: The Ecological Impacts of Woody Biomass Harvest

Michael Rentz University of Minnesota, Conservation Biology Program University of Minensota

Downed Dead Wood: Assessment Tools for a Key Indicator

Mark J. Ducey1 and Alexander M. Evans2:1Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, 114 James Hall, Durham NH 03824, mjducey@cisunix.unh.edu 2 Forest Stewards Guild, PO Box 519, Santa Fe, NM 87504, zander@forestguild.org

Developing Certification Standards and Indicators for Socially Sustainable Biofuels: Challenges and Opportunities

Theresa SELFA and Ana Luiza De Campos PAULA

Ensuring Sustainability in Ontario’s Forests: An Examination of the Efficacy of Current Standards for Forest Bioenergy Production

B. Lattimore, B.D. Titus, C.T. Smith, I. Stupak

Papers on Biomass Conversion

Integration of Biofuel Production with Pulp Mill Operations: Forest Biorefinery Models.

G. Peter van Walsum*, Clayton Wheeler, Adriaan van Heiningen, Hemant Pendse, Byung-Hwan Um, Abigail Engelberth, Sara Walton, Rakhi Baddam, Sampath Karunarathne, Mohit Bahtia, Thomas Schwartz, Paige Chase.

Performance Measurements Using ASHRAE Standard 155p

Sriraam Ramanathan Chandrasekaran*, Thomas Holsen, Philip Hopke

Papers on Logging Operations

Operational Assessment of Logging Residue Bundles as a Bioenergy Feedstock in Maine

Jeffrey G. Benjamin Robert W. Rice Ian J. Stone

The Impact of Innovation in the Logging Industry on Biomass Supply

Ian Stone, Masters of Science Candidate-University of Maine, Jeffery Benjamin, Assistant Professor of Forestry Operations-University of Maine, Jessica Leahy, Assistant Professor of Human Dimensions-University of Maine

Energy Return on Energy Invested of a Small-Scale Wood Fuel Harvest in Woodstock, Vermont

Eric Garza, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources

Papers on Sustainability Safeguards and Decision Support

Supporting Community Decision-Making

Leanne Elliott and Erin Neave, Canadian Model Forest Network

Application of a Sustainability Assessment for (Bio)electricity Options: Multi-Criteria Analysis in a Traditional Value System Framework for an Iroquois Nation

Thomas Buchholz, Neil Patterson, Timothy A. Volk, Valerie A. Luzadis

Merging Knowledge to Action Theory with Woody Bioenergy Research Development Processes

Jessica Leahy and Laura Lindenfeld

Public Views toward Forest-based Bioenergy and Biorefineries in Maine: A Comparison of Mill Towns and the General Public

Robert J. Lilieholm, James A. Marciano, and Jessica E. Leahy

Community Development Aspects and Aesthetic Review Process Associated with the Siting and Development of Biomass Energy Generation Facilities

David Raphael, The University of Vermont

Papers on the State of Biomass

How to Cure Maine’s Addiction to Heating Oil: A Roadmap to Avoiding Economic Disaster in Maine and the Other Regional States

Dr. William Strauss, Ph.D., FutureMetrics

Wood-Based Energy and Heating Developments in the Eastern Hardwood Region of the United States

Charles D. Ray Janice K. Wiedenbeck Li Ma Lew McCreery Wenping Shi

Land, Climate, and Energy Implications of Woody Biomass: A Synthesis of the Fuel From the Forest Symposium – Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

Shelby L. Semmes, Grady O'Shaughnessy Alex Barrett David Parsons Tania Ellersick Lucien Bouffard

Papers on Wood Supply

Factors Affecting Increases in Biomass Production from Maine Forests

Robert G. Wagner, Jeffrey G. Benjamin, Aaron R. Weiskittel, and Kenneth M. Laustsen

Wood-Based Bioenergy: The Perceptions of Family Forest Landowners and Their Willingness to Harvest Feedstock

Ana Luiza de Campos Paula, Theresa Selfa

Social versus Biophysical Availability of Wood

Brett J. Butler, Dave Damery, Paul Catanzaro, David B. Kittredge, Marla Lindsay, Zhao Ma, and Tom Stevens

Wood Supply from Forests in the Northeast and its Allocation to Energy Markets

Thomas Buchholz, The University of Vermont and Charles Canham, Carrie Institute

Woody Biomass Feedstock Supply Potential in NY State

T.A. Volk, P. Woodbury, P. Castellano, R. Germain, T. Buchholz

Posters

Effects of Planting Density on Growth, Mortality, and Yield of Short Rotation Willow Crops (Salix spp.)

Jesse Caputo1, Timothy A. Volk1, Lawrence Abrahamson1, and Gregg Johnson2
1 State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF), Syracuse, NY 2 Southern Research and Outreach Center, University of Minnesota, Waseca, MN

The Community Roadmap to Renewable Woody Biomass Energy: A Case Study of a Decision-Making Tool for Alternative Energy Futures

Thomas K. Evans Graduate Assistant Center for the Environment Plymouth State University

Design and Feasibility Analysis of Biothermal Energy and Compost Generation from Forest and Agricultural Feedstocks

Samuel Gorton Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont and W. Jason McCune-Sanders Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Vermont