In 2009 the Saskatchewan Research Council established a Willow Variety trial to compare SUNY-ESF developed varieties to those common to Saskatchewan (Alpha, Charlie, Pseudo, Hotel, India, Juliet, and Chernozima) . Both plots are on the Conservation Learning Centre, which is an Agriculture research/learning farm 17 km south of Prince Albert.

BIOMASS INFO SUNY ESF- General Willow Biomass Information Bionera – PRT Energy Crop Solutions SNOWFENCE   RIPARIAN BUFFERS/STREAM BANK RESTORATION Buffer Zones: Functions and Recommended Widths PHYTOREMEDIATION US Department of Agriculture- Phytoremediation: Using Plants to Clean Up Soils SUNY ESF- Phytoremediation Other Information Short Rotation Woody Crops

The production of biomass crops, such as shrub willow, will become a major source of renewable energy within the next few decades. Petroleum based energy is becoming more unattractive due to high prices, environmental concerns, and decreasing domestic oil supplies. Locally grown “green-energy”, in the form of shrub willow, in the Northeastern United States is a potential solution to help allevi...

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TRAXYS – TRAXYS is a world wide developer that has immediate plans to convert coal plants in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to biomass energy plants. This spring a 30 acre demonstration field of shrub willow was planted in Marquette, Michigan. Considering planting an additional 1000 acres in the spring of 2011 with a long term goal of 25-50K acres. The results to date have been very encouragin...

Vernon-Verona-Sherrill (VVS) High School is the host of a 2.5 acre demonstration trial of shrub willow bioenergy crops planted in cooperation with Cornell University, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County and Double A Willow. Eight willow varieties were machine-planted in the spring of 2009 and will be cut back in the fall....

The first project implemented under Chautauqua County’s Lakes and Waterways funding program has weathered the summer storms on Goose Creek in Busti. Coordinated by the Chautauqua County Soil and Water Conserva- tion District, the project’s goal was to stabilize 250 feet of severely eroding streambank, reducing the quantity of sediment entering Chautauqua Lake and the Goose Creek boat channel. “...

The project is underway at PRT Red Rock, a northern British Columbia forest seedling nursery, located just south of Prince George, BC, and producing six to ten million forest seedlings annually. PRT expects to substitute a significant portion of existing natural gas heating with a high efficiency system fed with purpose grown fully sustainable short rotation woody biomass, grown on 25 acres of ...