The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded two five-year research grants to Oregon State University to fund biofuel research.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded two five-year research grants to Oregon State University to fund biofuel research.
OSU will use its funds [$5.4 million] to focus on the efficient removal of forest products from the Pacific Northwest and to study forest health and hazard reduction, modeling of the biomass supply, protection of long-term site productivity, impacts on wildlife, genetic improvement of conifers and worker health and safety, to name some topics.
An additional $4.4 million from the USDA will help create a bachelor’s, master’s and high school enrichment program in bioenergy.
Read more a the Corvallis Gazette-Times.
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