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SUMMARY:TREES Summit
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a one-day meeting about poplar trees\nToward Renewable Energy and Ecosystem Services\nDate: April 25th\, 2017\nIf you would like to attend TREES\, please contact Noelle Hart noelle.hart@wsu.edu \nIf you are coming from out of town\, we have compiled a list of hotels and transportation options here. \nWHAT:\nStrategies for addressing climate change\, water quality\, and other environmental issues are needed in the PNW. The primary focus of the meeting is to explore using poplar tree plantings as a means of linking bioenergy and biomass production with ecosystem services to improve water\, soil\, air\, climate\, and wildlife habitat. \nOVERVIEW:\nPoplar trees are currently grown for wastewater\, biosolid\, and landfill management. Other potential ecosystem services include stormwater management\, riparian buffers\, and soil improvement. The biomass from these poplar trees can be used for renewable fuels and other products to reduce petroleum consumption. \nAGENDA: View full agenda here\n8:00-8:30 Registration\n8:30-8:40 Welcome\n8:40-10:00 Keynote Speakers (Topics: PNW Environment; PNW Energy; Poplar Ecosystem Services)\nBreak\n10:30-12:15 Presentations – Poplar TREES\nLunch\n1:15-2:00 – Workshops: (I) Buffers and small scale applications\, (II) Large area applications\nBreak\n2:15-3:00 Workshops: (III) Economic considerations\, (IV) Tree Logistics\, (V) Policies/Regulations\nBreak\n3:30-4:00 Building the PNW roadmap\n4:15 Leave for tour (Landfill management poplars in Redmond) \nTOPICS:\n• Energy and environmental quality challenges in the PNW\n• Ecosystem services provided by poplar trees\n• nutrient uptake and water filtration\n• carbon sequestration\n• buffers and windbreaks\n• Monetization of ecosystem services\n• Biomass for bioenergy\n• Relevant policies and stakeholder needs \nMIXED FORMAT INCLUDING:\n• Presentations & panel discussions\n• Interactive working groups\n• Field trip – poplars for landfill clean-up \nWHO SHOULD ATTEND:\nState and county policy makers\, environmental and energy professionals\, environmental interest groups\, state agency representatives\, researchers\, & poplar growers \nOUTCOMES:\n• Increased awareness of the opportunities and hurdles to linking bioenergy with ecosystem services through poplar plantings\n• PNW Roadmap and recommendations for poplar TREES\n• An informed\, regional network of interested parties \n  \nPLANNING COMMITTEE:\nPatricia Townsend (chair)\, Sarah Dossey\, Noelle Hart\, Bob Simmons\,\n& Brian Stanton. \nQUESTIONS:\nContact Noelle Hart noelle.hart@wsu.edu \nSPONSORED BY:\nWashington 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). \n  \nSTART LEARNING NOW:\nCurious about poplar’s ecosystem services? Watch this 3-minute introduction to how poplars improve water quality. \n\n  \nReasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities and special needs who contact Noelle Hart at noelle.hart@wsu.edu 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.
URL:https://hardwoodbiofuels.org/event/trees-summit/
LOCATION:Brightwater Education and Community Center\, 22505 WA-9\,\, Woodinville\, WA 98072\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Noelle%20Hart":MAILTO:noelle.hart@wsu.edu
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