2016 Pilchuck Field Tour near Stanwood, WA

May 31, 2016 | 12:30pm – 3:00 pm PT

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

Advanced Hardwood Biofuels Northwest invites you to join AHB researchers for a day out in the field at the project’s Pilchuck Demonstration Site. The hybrid poplars near Stanwood, Washington will be showing much of their full re-growth potential as they continue into their second growing season after being initially harvested in fall 2014.

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

Join extension professionals, researchers, industry, and environmental professionals, in learning about the latest biofuel and biochemical developments in the Pacific Northwest. 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 31, 2016 12:30pm – 3:00pm PT

Where: near Stanwood, Washington

Register: http://goo.gl/forms/nZlrmWIfIZ

Questions: Contact Betsy Fradd at WSU Extension bfradd@wsu.edu or 253-241-5043

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).