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Helping Communities Diversify Their Energy Sources

August 03, 2012 Arthur “Butch” Blazer, Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, USDA

Cross posted from the White House CEQ blog: Across rural America, biomass like wood pellets and wood chips is helping communities diversify their energy sources, create jobs, and save money on utility bills. At the Forest Service, we are working to support biomass projects that help us manage...

Energy Forestry

USDA Under Secretary Sherman Unveils Nanocellulose Production Facility

August 03, 2012 Rebecca Wallace, USDA Forest Products Laboratory

The U.S. Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory recently opened a $1.7 million production facility for renewable, forest-based nanomaterials. This facility is the first of its kind in the United States and one that positions the laboratory as the country’s leading producer of these materials...

Forestry