Date: 09/04/2015

Final
Forest Utilization

WILDFIRE MATTERS REVIEW COMMITTEE

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03:02 PM -- Forest Utilization

Mike Lester, Director of the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS), and Dr. Mike Eckhoff, Special Projects Coordinator for the Colorado Wood Utilization and Marketing Program at CSFS, spoke about Colorado's forest products industry. Specifically, Director Lester spoke about lessons learned from the study done as required by Senate Bill 11-267, including several barriers and opportunities that exist for Colorado's forest industry, including woody biomass energy.

A copy of Director Lester's presentation is provided in Attachment U. The committee was provided with several handouts, including a copy of the Report on the Implementation of Senate Bill 11-267 (Attachment V), a handout on woody biomass (Attachment W), and an overview of CSFS (Attachment X).

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