Poplar Farms as a Wastewater Management Tool: Planting Strategies to Align with Potential Markets
October 15, 2015
Water Resources Education Center – Vancouver, WA
9:00 AM Introduction
Welcome and Overview of Locations of Poplar Plantings in the Pacific Northwest
Patricia Townsend – Washington State University
Video: “Poplar for phytoremdiation and recycled water reuse”
Session I
Lessons learned from current municipal poplar growers
Moderator – Jason Smesrud
Curtis Stultz – Woodburn, OR
Poplar for effluent reuse and water quality
Todd Miller – Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission
Poplar for biosolids utilization at the biocycle farm
10:00 AM Session II
Resources for growing poplar
Moderator – Patricia Townsend
Nora Haider – Washington State University
AHB Growers manual and other poplar resources
Quinn Hart – University California Davis
Predicting yields with the poplar growth model
Short break (10:30-10:45 AM)
10:45 AM Session III
Markets for poplar – Traditional, alternative, and emerging
Moderator – Rick Stonex
Brian Stanton – GreenWood Resources
Poplar markets: Exciting directions from traditional to biofuels and bioenergy
Sean Chase – SP Fiber Technology
Poplar as raw material for paper production and combined heat and power (CHP) energy in the PNW: Past, present, future
Lee Jimerson – Product Manager Collins Companies
Poplar lumber – historical use and current developments
Tim Schallich – Columbia Forest Products
Poplar as veneer; historical global acceptance and newly developed markets
Ethan Martin – WoodWorks
Cross laminated timber (CLT) with poplar: potential and possibilities
Tim Eggeman – ZeaChem
Learning to love poplar for biochemicals and biofuels
LUNCH (12:15 -1:00 PM)
1:00 PM Session III Continued
Poplar Markets Discussion Panel
Moderator – Patricia Townsend
Brian Stanton, Tim Eggeman, Lee Jimerson, and Tim Schallich
1:30 PM Session IV
Growing Poplar
Moderator – Patricia Townsend
Todd Miller, Curtis Stultz, and Rick Stonex
Strategies for growing poplar: Planting and rotation optimization
2:00 PM Session V
Moving Ahead with Poplar Discussion Panel
Facilitator – Jason Smesrud
Todd Miller, Curtis Stultz, Brian Stanton, and Tim Eggeman
Collaborative planning, bringing together stakeholders, and building alternative markets
Announcement for spring 2016 National workshop:
Poplar and Willow Feedstocks: Environmental Benefits and Bioenergy Potential
April 11-14, 2016
Portland, OR
