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Alaska wood innovations program generates local energy

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A sawmill operation at Tok Wood Fuels (part of Young Timber Inc.) received a Forest Service Wood Innovations Program grant. The funding will help improve the efficiency of converting waste wood and chips into compressed wood fire logs. Photo courtesy of Patricia Young, Young Timber. ALASKA—…
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Picking up sticks: Fire Resilient Landscapes and the public good

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Editor's note: The Innovative Finance for National Forests grant program supports partner organizations developing out of the box financial solutions to some of forest management’s most vexing challenges. One partner, Wisewood Energy is focused on reducing small woody materials on the forest floor and how it could mitigate extreme wildfires, improve forest health and provide benefits to…
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Energy

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Effective beginning 6/02/2025 This website, and all linked websites under the control of the agency is under review and content may change.   The Forest Service is constantly researching alternative options for energy resources. We are also working to reduce greenhouse gas…
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Energy & Forest Products

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Effective beginning 6/02/2025 This website, and all linked websites under the control of the agency is under review and content may change. EnergyDependence on petroleum and other fossil fuels threatens U.S. energy, economic, and environmental security. A nation with insecure or inadequate energy resources is at risk of being unable to feed and house its people, care…
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