Poplar for Biofuels in the Rathdrum-Spokane Valley: Workshop and 4th Annual Bioenergy Field Tour

Poplar for Biofuels in the Rathdrum-Spokane Valley: Workshop and 4^th Annual Bioenergy Field Tour

June 7, 2016 | 9am – 3pm

Hayden, Idaho

Register at http://goo.gl/forms/x8zqEkzGcR

Join us to explore the potential for a poplar-based biofuels industry in the Rathdrum-Spokane Valley. We will discuss growing poplar trees as a bioenergy crop and opportunities for biofuel and bioproduct developments in the Rathdrum-Spokane Valley. After lunch, we will tour the Reuse Farm at the Hayden Area Regional Sewer Board facility, including AHB’s 65-acre “Poplar for Biofuels” Demonstration Site.

Topics include:

• Growing poplar as a wastewater management tool
• Best areas to produce biofuels and bioproducts
• Economic potential of a biofuel industry in the Rathdrum-Spokane Valley
• Research results from AHB, including economic case study findings
• Alternative uses and alternative markets for poplar in the Pacific Northwest
• Biomass production tour highlighting operational and research poplar plots

Presenters:

• Rich Shuren – GreenWood Resources – “Hybrid Poplar in the Pacific Northwest: How it got started and where it is headed”
• Ken Windram – Hayden Area Regional Sewer Board
• Matt Plaisted – Idaho Department of Environmental Quality – “The State of Recycled Water in Idaho”
• Starr Sullivan & Tom Platt – Missoula Montana Wastewater Division – “Missoula Hybrid Poplar Water Reclamation Project”
• Jason Selwitz – Agriculture Center of Excellence, Walla Walla Community College – “Technical Training in Biomass, Bioenergy, and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operations”
• Nora Haider – Washington State University – “Advanced Hardwood Biofuels Northwest and the Growing Bioeconomy”

Advanced Hardwood Biofuels Northwest (AHB) is a program funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). AHB integrates research, education, and extension to develop poplar-based biofuel and biochemical industries in the Pacific Northwest (PNW).

When: June 7, 2016 | 9am – 3pm

Workshop | 9am – 1pm at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds

4^th Annual AHB Bioenergy Field Tour | 1pm – 3pm Hayden Area Regional Sewer Board Facility

Register online at http://goo.gl/forms/x8zqEkzGcR

Questions? Contact Nora Haider | 425-741-9962 | nora.haider@wsu.edu

Sponsored by:   Washington State University Extension with funding from Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Competitive Grant no. 2011-68005-30407 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).

Reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities and special needs who contact Nora Haider at nora.haider@wsu.edu, 425-741-9962  at least two weeks prior to the event. Extension programs and employment are available to all without discrimination. Evidence of noncompliance may be reported through your local Extension office.