Forestry

Helicopter WoodStraw Application

Mountain West Helicopters Invests In Forest Concepts

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Today Forest Concepts LLC announced a minority equity investment in the company by Mountain West Helicopters LLC, Alpine, Utah.  Bryan Burr, president and owner of Mountain West Helicopters, stated, “Over the past two years, Forest Concepts’ patented WoodStraw Erosion Control Mulch (ECM) has become an important treatment applied for erosion prevention on critical and sensitive […]

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Tamarack two tier done with team web

Forest Concepts Celebrates 10th Anniversary

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Founded on December 11, 1998, Forest Concepts, LLC of Auburn, Washington is celebrating ten years of making it easier for customers to complete environmental restoration, endangered species habitat and erosion control projects with natural wood products. Hundreds of customers across the United States rely on wood products from Forest Concepts. The company’s flagship ELWd® habitat

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South Lake Tahoe WoodStraw

BLM Boise Releases 3 Year Revegetation Report Featuring WoodStraw®

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The Boise office of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has released its three-year performance monitoring report on erosion control and revegetation for the 2005 Snake One fire along the Snake River near Weiser, Idaho. This post-wildfire application was the first operational use of WoodStraw® wood strand erosion control material by the BLM anywhere in

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Collecting Woody Slash

Interfacing Forest Engineering with Bioenergy Production

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Abstract  Woody biomass from forestland, urban greenbelts, and residential areas has the potential to provide more than 150 million tons per year of cellulosic feedstocks for biorefineries, pellet fuels, and fermentation. Production sites range from urban lots to large wildland forest tracts. Destinations range from small urban boutiques to large remote industrial complexes. The systems,

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AE50 Outstanding Innovations 2004

Smallwood Pallet Bunks Receive 2004 AE50 Award for Innovative Technology

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Multi-Modal Wood Bunks for Small Diameter Roundwood enable efficient transport of wood from forest thinning programs and labor efficient handling of smallwood at community based forest products firms. The all-steel bunks are designed to hold approximately one-half ton of roundwood. The bunks can be moved by pallet jack or forklift at a production facility. The

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Forest in Missoula Montana

Near-surface and Subsurface Sensing and Mapping for Site-Specific Operational Decisions: Scoping Paper

/ Forest Concepts Research & Development, Habitats & Bioengineering, Publications, Siskin Ridge Roundwood

Introduction Operational practice of precision forestry enables improved forest industry competitiveness and heightened environmental performance. The present study explores precision forestry concepts and technologies in the context of forestry, forest management and silviculture. This paper looks primarily at the case of plantation forestry. Many of the concepts and details of precision forestry apply to short-rotation

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