Past Events

Using inter-specific hybridization and selection techniques, researchers are developing a new class of poplar energy varieties. Integrating molecular breeding tools for poplar trees with conventional approaches can expedite the development of bioenergy feedstocks. Inter-specific hybridization involves crossing two species of the same genus to create a hybrid that can outgrow and outperform the parent species. Presented by David Neale of the University of California, Davis and Brain Stanton of GreenWood Resources, Inc.

Join us for a informative webinar discussing the techniques used to harvest short-rotation poplar trees for bioenergy. Presented by Bruce Summers of GreenWood Resources.

The National Extension Energy Summit (NEES) 2015 is an opportunity for Extension professionals to share experiences and information, learn from successes and challenges, and build new partnerships for energy programs.

In this special Earth Day webinar, we are bringing together researchers from across the United States to present information on biodiversity in bioenergy feedstock production systems. Brian Moser of the Rocky Mountain Wildlife Institute will discuss changes in biodiversity at four poplar study sites in the Pacific Northwest. Robert Fletcher from the University of Florida will contrast forest and agriculture feedstock’s effects on wildlife in the Southeastern United States.

During this webinar, we will learn about the different environmental risk mitigation strategies employed by GreenWood Resources, and discuss the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials certification program — what it entails and how it operates in practice. Presented by Andrew Rodstrom of GreenWoood Resources and Matt Rudolf from the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials

Advanced Hardwood Biofuels Northwest invites you to join AHB researchers for a day out in the field at the project’s Hayden Demonstration Site. The hybrid poplars in Hayden, Idaho will be showing much of their full re-growth potential as they continue into their second growing season after being initially harvested in 2013.

This workshop will give teachers the tools to integrate lessons about biofuels and bioenergy in the border context of energy literacy into their classroom. Teachers will be guided through hands-on lessons about energy (focusing on bioenergy) targeted at 6-12th grade. All of the lessons meet one or more of the Next Generation Science Standards.