Forest Research and Outreach Opportunities
Alternative Crops
- Hazelnuts (PDF)
- Third Crops (PDF)
Agroforestry Systems
- Systems in Minnesota
- Agroforestry for water quality
- Alternative/Perennial crops
Watershed Management
- Buffer Strips
- Minnesota River Basin
- Comparative studies – US – Central America
- Payments for Environmental services
- Alternative crops for water quality
Energy and the Environment
- White Earth Biofuels Feasability Study
- Chisago, Isanti, and Pine counties Biofuels Feasability Study
- Xcel Energy project - Lowering the Cost of Bio-energy while Providing Environmental Services - A Win-Win Opportunity (PDF)
- Technologies
- Pyrolosis
- Gasification
Community Forestry
- Minnesota
- Guatemala
- Nepal
Economics and Marketing
- Natural Resource Enterprise Development and Business Planning
Short Rotation Woody Crops (SRWC’s)
- Production
- Economics
- As a feedstock for biofuels and bioproducts
Adoption/Social issues
- Promoting alternative crops
Farm/Agroforestry/Forest Policy Issues
- Farm Bill issues
- Legislative Hearing
Landscape & Human Health
- Food, Poverty, Energy, Agriculture, Environment, Climate, and Health Workshop
Payments for Environmental Services
- Carbon sequestration
- Water quality credits
- Biodiversity