Wood Energy Resources from UAF Cooperative Extension Service

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Wood Energy Resources from UAF Cooperative
Extension Service

• Problem-Solving
• Networking
• Creating

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Problem Small Sawmill Operators on PoW Needed
Assistance

• Karen Petersen hired in 2001 to assist small mill
  operators work on community infrastructure
  issues
• Karen worked with PoW Chamber of Commerce on the
  PoW Forest Products Task Force

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Networking Prince of Wales

• Networking is basic Extension work
• Karen attended a Forest Products Technical
  Providers Conference in Colorado and heard about
  Fuels to Schools
• She visited a Fuels to Schools Project in Darby,
  Montana

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Networking Creating Opportunities

• Karen worked with Jon Bolling and City of Craig
  on the municipal wood fired boiler
• Karen hosts numerous tours on PoW for technical
  providers leading to opportunities for small mill
  owners

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Problem SBB Killed Trees in the Copper River
create wildfire hazard

• Heidi Veach hired for an Extension position in
  Glennallen
• Her initial focus on residential wildfire hazards
  soon turned to wildfire fuels reduction
• Heidi works with BLM DNR

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Creating Opportunities for Fuels Reduction and
Wood Energy

• Wildfire Fuels reduction lead to opportunities
  with Copper River School District Wood Energy
  Task Force
• Heidi helped CRSD with Kenny Lake school wood
  energy proposal

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Problem Rural Alaskans lack ready access to wood
heating resources
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Wood Heating Web Site

• Assembled Extension team of Bob Gorman, Lee
  Elder, Heidi Veach, Karen Petersen, Adam Knight
• Developed a storyline
• Assigned tasks
• Retained a webmaster, Peter Torkelson
• Spent time and money

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Wood Heat Web Site Planning

• Develop an accessible information delivery system
  targeting villages in western and southeast
  Alaska CRV
• Incorporate known limitations from state and
  federal regulations
• Address wood heat health and safety issues

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Revised Web Site includes Fire Safety,
Installation Maintenance

• Energy Efficient Stoves
• Avoid Outdoor Boilers
• Modern Chimney Design
• Install Stove Properly
• Avoid Hot Fires
• Regular Maintenance
• Home Fire Safety Plan
• Internet Resources

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Problem Western Alaskans lack Affordable Home
Heating

• Reduce village dependence on energy imports
• Use local forest resources for local energy
• Increase local income opportunities
• Encourage use of appropriate technology
• Focus on individual residence heating
• Address wood heating concerns related to health,
  safety and the environment

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Create a Firewood Enterprise Analysis for Western
Alaska

• Lee Elder Extension Natural Resource Economist
• Created a market analysis business pro forma
  for a firewood enterprise on the Kuskokwim River

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Western Alaska Firewood Enterprise Analysis by
Lee Elder

• Assessed the market for home heating with
  firewood on the mid- lower Kuskokwim River
• Evaluated a sustainable public access log source
  on the Kuskokwim River
• Developed an operational plan 1) to harvest
  logs, 2) transport logs to a process site and
  market firewood, 3) manage the operation
• Conducted a detailed business and economic
  analysis of the proposed operation.

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Firewood Analysis Acknowledgements

• Scott Waterman, Alaska Housing Finance Corp
• Ginny Moore, Flattop Technical Services
• Gary Nelson, Nelson Bros. Logging
• Al Brackley, USFS Sitka Wood Technology Ctr.
• UAF Extension faculty and staff Bob Wheeler, Mark
  Dudick, Bill Hall
• Endil Moore, Mimi Burbage, Ralph Lee, John Wynn
  and Bill Phelan and numerous others

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Provide Local Workshops
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Extension Natural Resources Community
Development Program

• Created to address issues of forest resources,
  mining, water quality and community development
• An expert panel identified alternative energy
  (wood, wind, hydro and geothermal) as one of
  three priorities that NRCD should address
• NRCD Alternative Energy Project updated the wood
  heating web site and offers regional alternative
  energy workshops.

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Extension Evolves as Needs Evolve

• Contact information
• Bob Gorman, Resource Development Agent
• Cooperative Extension Service / UAF
• 2221 E. Northern Lights Blvd., Suite 118
• Anchorage, AK 99508
• 907-786-6323 / 907-786-6312 fax
• 877-482-3223 toll free in Alaska
• ffrfg_at_uaf.edu

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