1. 2005-2008 Forest Harvest Summary for Selected Towns in Addison and Washington Counties, VT Community Biomass Project

2. Objective: Understand current harvest volumes from the local area 2005-2008 MRV towns: Warren, Waitsfield, Fayston, Moretown Harvest data from: –UVA (current use) enrolled private lands; –State, Town and Federal (national forest) lands Caveat: This is a rough estimate! Non-current use private land harvest not included Current use data is not perfect

3. Harvest by land ownership type National Forest StateTownPrivate; UVA Percent of total harvest 0% 100% 95%

4. Total annual harvest volumes (cords) 2005200620072008Avg. Annual 2,140

5. Avg annual harvest of 2140 cords (~1070 MBF) is enough wood to frame ~80 new 2000 sq.ft. houses. (13.7 MBF/house according to National Association of Home Builders)

6. Harvest by town (cords) Varies greatly year to year Bristol and New Haven lowest, Starksboro highest

7. Boards vs. Energy 55% sawtimber, 45% low grade wood (cordwood, chips, etc.) 966 cords avg. annual low grade harvest

8. Home Heating POTENTIAL Avg annual low grade harvest (966 cords) is enough to heat 6% of households (223 homes) in the focal towns. (4.3crds/house/yr source: 2009 UVM Wood Consumption Survey ) Note: does not account for other existing uses »Subtract at least 7.8% (313 homes) for Mt. Abraham High School’s chip supply and ~10% of Middlebury supply (10% based on proportion of their woodshed within the project area) »i.e. These two users consume more than the current low grade harvest recorded here.

9. Current vs. Potential Harvest Current low-grade harvest (966 cords/yr) is 4-9% of projected harvestable low-grade wood volume grown annually (10,990-23,810 cords/yr from Lapin and Rodgers 2009).

10. Potential harvest volumes as energy 10,990-23,810 cords/yr low-grade wood grown (Lapin and Rodgers 2009) Potential heating for 2560-5550 homes (64-140% of existing homes) USE WITH CAUTION!