
The Santa Cruz Community Calendar
Santa Cruz County, California
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Markets, Biomass and Partnerships Webinar
The number of large wildfires has more than doubled since the 1980s, and the fire season now lasts nearly three months longer than it did in the 1970s, with threats are growing in nearly every state and across the globe.
Historically, low-intensity fires were key in reducing fuels and maintaining forest health, naturally, but, aggressive suppression left forests dangerously overstocked with flammable material.
A Market-Driven Solution - Join SSF and LightWorks at Arizona State University in a free webinar exploring how emerging biomass markets and public-private partnerships, through efforts like the Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI) in Northern Arizona and LightWork's Biomass to X enhancement, may be able to turn this challenge into an opportunity. By converting forest debris into valuable products - such as biochar, renewable natural gas (RNG), and e-methanol - the biomass industry has the potential to transform a wildfire liability into an economic asset.
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