Forest Biomass Innovation Center Research Reports
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Subject Areas
- Woody Biomass for Energy, Fuels and Other Bioproducts
- General Forestry
- Species Selection
- Weed Control
- Tree Protection
- Thinning and Growth
- Fiber Farming
- Northern White Cedar
- Logging
Woody Biomass for Energy, Fuels and Other Bioproducts
A series of Extension bulletins published in January 2010 cover a number of areas related to using woody biomass for energy in Michigan.
- Energy Use in Michigan E-3085 (pdf, 37K)
- What Is Woody Biomass? E-3086 (pdf, 291K)
- Why Might Wood be a Good Energy Feedstock? E-3087 (pdf, 241K)
- Where Does Michigan's Wood Supply Grow? E-3088 (pdf, 115K)
- Wood-based Energy Technologies E-3089 (pdf, 240K)
- Emerging Technologies in Wood Energy E-3090 (pdf, 124K)
- Environmental Risks of Woody Biomass Harvesting E-3091 (pdf, 105K)
- What Is District Energy and How Does It Work? E-3092 (pdf, 229K)
- What Is a CHP Plant? E-3093 (pdf, 166K)
- So, You Want to Build a Pellet Mill? E-3094 (pdf, 111K)
- So, You Want to Establish an Energy Plantation? E-3095 (pdf, 292K)
Fact sheets on current research, outreach, education and collaboration activities, as of June 2009:
- Summary of all activities (pdf, 865K)
- MSU-MTU Renewabe Fuels Working Group Fact Sheet (pdf, 122K)
- Feedstock Supply Chain Center of Energy Excellent Fact Sheet (pdf, 182K)
- Forestry Biofuel Statewide Collaboration Center Fact Sheet (pdf, 269K)
- MSU Resources Invested in Michigan's Bioeconomy Fact Sheet (pdf, 120K)
- Partnering with Sweden to Grow the Bioeconomy (pdf, 122K)
- Education and Outreach on Woody Biomass (pdf, 123K)
- Forestry Research in the Upper Peninsula (pdf, 71K)
- Regeneration in a Heavily Browsed Northern Hardwood Stand Twelve Years After Scarification and Fencing (pdf, 764)
- Regenerating Quaking Aspen on a Site Dominated by Buckthorn in Upper Michigan: A Case Study (pdf, 298K)
- Imazaquin and Pendimethalin Use for Weed Control in Hybrid Poplar Plantations in Michigan: Second Year Results (pdf, 731K)
- Imazaquin and Pendimethalin Provide Safe and Effective Weed Control in First Year Hybrid Poplar Plantations in Michigan (pdf, 72K)
- Herbicide Screening for Phytoticity in Hybrid Poplars, Aspen and Larch (pdf, 31K)
- Weed Control Effects on Spruce Survival Under Drought Conditions (pdf, 20K)
- Reducing Deer Damage to Forest Crops (pdf, 1M)
- Tree Shelters Fail to Enhance Height Growth of Northern Red Oak in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (pdf, 510K)
- Fiber Farming: Alternative Crops For Michigan (pdf, 284K)
- Fiber Farming Using Populus Hybrids, Aspen and European Larch in Michigan's Upper Peninsula (pdf, 155K)
- Growing Aspen Fiber in Michigan: A Rational for Producing This Material in Short Rotation, Intensively Cultured Plantations on Abandoned Agricultural Land in Michigan's Upper Peninsula (pdf, 15K)
- Workshop Proceedings: Northern White Cedar in Michigan (pdf, 971K)
- Annotated Bibliography of Selected Literature Related to Vegetation and Wildlife Management in Lowland Conifer Stands of the Lake States Region (pdf, 84K)
- Northern White Cedar Regeneration: Promise and Problems (pdf, 1M)
- Northern White Cedar: Stand Assessment and Management Options (pdf, 44k)
- Ecology and Management of Northern White Cedar (pdf, 106K)
- Guidelines for Establishing Animal Exclosures for Research in Cedar Stands (pdf, 179K)
- Site Preparation for Northern White Cedar (pdf, 156K)