Theme: "Fiber Supply in the Lake States: Are the Rules Changing?"

Tuesday, October 26

Policy Committee Meeting - 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

General Session - 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
     Introduction - Bud DeLano, LSR Chair
FRA National Update

Opening Speaker:
     Tim Gammell (WRI), Clean Air Reports/Fiber Reports and Associated Benefits

          "Fiber Supply in the Lake States, are the Rules Changing?"
     Minnesota Power - Speaker TBD
     Woody Biomass - Ed Gee, Interagency Woody Biomass Utilization Group, Invited
     BCAP Update - Greg Anderson, FSA Chief Program Specialist - Minnesota, Invited
     Funding Opportunities - Low Interest Loans - Amy Cumbladt, Department of Administration, Invited
     Energy Grants - David Jenkins, Department of Energy
     Grant Writing for Loggers - Scott Dane, ACLT

Reception - 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

LSR Awards Banquet - 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Outstanding Logger, Forestry Activist, Technical Writing

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Panel - Supplier/Logger Restriction and Regulations - 8:30 AM - 10:30 PM
     • Henry Schienebeck, Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association
     • Scott Dane, Association of Contract Loggers and Truckers
     • Tom Barnes, Michigan Association of Timbermen
     • Ray Higgins, Minnesota Timber Producers Association

Speakers - 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM      Equipment Improvement
     • Pesticide Application
       Aaron Burmeister, Burmeister Trucking, and Kent Mikkelson, Thilmany
     • Biomass Collection Improvements
       Stacy Wagler, Ponsse, and Bud DeLano, Thilmany

Field Tour - 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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