NCSU School of Forestry and Environmental Resources

The Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources (FER) was founded in 1929 as NC State's School of Forest Resources. Since its beginning, FER has grown steadily in scope and global reach to reflect evolving industry and environmental concerns, and is involved with a number of research projects addressing issues related to woody biomass and biofuels production.

In 2001 the NCSU School of Forestry and Environmental Resources received grants from the Biofuels Center of North Carolina to conduct research on two projects. The Environmental Protection and Biofuels Production on Waste Application Fields project will analyze the state's potential acreage for waste application, and will also demonstrate using the fields for bio-crop? production and pollutant mitigation, and evaluate the economic value of the strategies. The Loblolly Pine? Biomass Cropping study will test Loblolly pine? varieties for the potential use as feedstock in the Piedmont region.

The NSCU School of Forestry and Environmental Resources is also working closely with the North Carolina Association of Professional Loggers (NCAPL) to conduct a biomass drying study that could improve the biomass production energy yields from forestry residues.

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