“Poplar for Biofuels” Field Tour in Clarksburg, CA

May 10, 2016 | 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Join us for a tour and lunch! Click here to register.

Advanced Hardwood Biofuels Northwest (AHB) invites you to join researchers for a day out in the field. We will be visiting AHB’s Clarksburg Demonstration site. The hybrid poplars will be showing much of their full re-growth potential as they continue into their second growing season after being initially harvested in the fall of 2014.

As a purpose-grown crop for bioenergy, the poplars highlight their potential as a sustainable feedstock for biofuel and biochemical production in Northern California. Lunch included!

Join Extension professionals, researchers, students, environmental professionals, and others in learning about the latest biofuel and biochemical developments.Topics include:

• Growing hybrid poplar as a short-rotation woody energy crop
• Sustainable production and environmental impacts on soil, water, and wildlife
• Best areas to develop biofuel and biochemical industries
• Biomass production tour highlighting operational and research poplar plots

When: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 | 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Where: near Clarksburg, California

RSVP: Click here to register. Or, contact Betsy Fradd at WSU Extension: bfradd@wsu.edu, 253-241-5043

Learn more about AHB at hardwoodbiofuels.org

Reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities and special needs who contact Betsy Fradd at bfradd@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.

AHB is supported by Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Competitive Grant no. 2011-68005-30407 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).