1. SunGrant Feedstock Partnership Woody Crops Program The Woody Biomass Team

2.  Species Leads Bill Berguson, University of Minnesota – Duluth Brian Stanton, GreenWood Resources, Oregon Tim Volk, State University of New York – ESF Mike Cunningham, ArborGen, South Carolina Randy Rousseau, Miss. State University  USDA-FS Cooperators Marilyn Buford, Washington Office (mbuford@fs.fed.us)buford@fs.fed.us Jim Perdue, Southern Research Station (jperdue@fs.fed.us)jperdue@fs.fed.us  Other Bryce Stokes, Navarro Eng. Don Riemenschneider, USFS-(retired)  DOE/SGA Coordinators Mark Downing, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (downingme@ornl.gov)downingme@ornl.gov Tim Rials, University of Tennessee, (trials@utk.edu)trials@utk.edu

3.  No resources directed to forest residue; focus exclusively to short-rotation crops  Only 2 species under development – poplar and willow  Many existing trials grandfathered in to current program  Continue to provide valuable yield data  Represent a significant investment from the past  Improved material available for 2010

4. Expanded range Improved varieties Multi-species yield trials Woody crops Switchgrass Sorghum Etc.