1. Wood-to-Energy Platforms: Rob Doudrick, Director Resource Use Sciences, U.S. Forest Service on behalf of Abigail R. Kimbell Chief, U.S. Forest Service Perspectives from the U.S. Forest Service

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3. Temperature Precipitation Seasonality Water storage/hydrology Disturbance regimes Species location/behavior... 3

4. Alaska yellow-cedar (coast) Black and white spruce (interior) 4

5. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina damaged or destroyed timber up to 100 miles inland. 5

6. 6 Drought Pests and diseases Wildland fire

7. Percentage change in avg. duration of longest dry pd., 30-yr. average, 2071-2100 vs. 1961-90 7

8. Warmth and drought promote epidemics in forests. Insect and disease epidemics are increasing in number and spreading rapidly. 8

9. MPB SPBSPB 9

10. Warming and crowding increase fire severity in low- to mixed-severity fire regimes. Many large fires are in diseased and drought- stressed forests. 10

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13. Strategic Framework for Addressing Climate Change Foundational goals: 1.Science 2.Education 13 Structural goals: 1.Policy 2.Alliances Action goals: 1.Adaptation 2.Mitigation 3.Sustainable operations

14. Energy security Environmental quality Economic opportunity 14

15. Goal 1: Build partnerships Goal 2: Develop science/technology Goal 3: Develop markets Goal 4: Facilitate reliable, predictable supply 15

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18. Feedstock production and management Harvest and delivery Utilization and products Disposal Biobased products and bioenergy Research and development Synthesis Development of: options strategies systems practices Deployment For sustainable goods, services, and values 18

19. Uses Fuels: − Ethanol − Other liquid fuels − Hydrogen Electricity and heat Biobased products – Composites – Specialty products – New products – Chemicals – Traditional products Conversion - Manufacturing - Cofiring - Combustion - Gasification - Hydrolysis - Digestion - Pyrolysis - Extraction - Separation Feedstock - Forest residues - Hazardous fuel treatments - Short-rotation woody crops - Wood waste -Conventional forestry - Mill wastes and residues 19

20. Sustainable and economical forest biomass management and production systems for public and private ownerships Competitive biofuels and biopower conversion technologies and bioproducts Information and tools for decisionmaking and policy analysis 20

21. Healthy, resilient, productive forest ecosystems 21