Resources and Reports
FBIC Research Project Summary 1998-2016
Michigan's Statewide Wood Energy Team
- For more information on the Statewide Wood Energy Team, click here.
- Wood Energy Heating System Alternatives for Michigan
Biomass Extension Bulletins
- Energy Use in Michigan E-3085
- What Is Woody Biomass? E-3086
- Why Might Wood be a Good Energy Feedstock? E-3087
- Where Does Michigan's Wood Supply Grow? E-3088
- Wood-based Energy Technologies E-3089
- Emerging Technologies in Wood Energy E-3090
- Environmental Risks of Woody Biomass Harvesting E-3091
- What Is District Energy and How Does It Work? E-3092
- What Is a CHP Plant? E-3093
- So, You Want to Build a Pellet Mill? E-3094
- So, You Want to Establish an Energy Plantation? E-3095
Biomass Research Reports
- 2017(a) A snapshot of new woody biomass production potential in Michigan
- 2017(b) Evaluating hybrid poplar clones developed by the Univ. of Minnesota's Natural Resource Research Institute in Michigan's Upper Peninsula: 7th-year results
- 2017(c) Fifteen-year productivity of willow and poplar varieties in a high-density energy plantation in Escanaba, MI, USA
- 2017(d) Comparison of growth and health of six poplar varieties in homogeneous versus heterogeneous stands after eight growing seasons in Upper Michigan
- 2017(e) Re-establishment of hybrid poplar following the clearcut of a 10-year-old poplar stand
- 2017(f) The search for easily propagated grey poplar clones
- 2017(g) Short rotation fiber farming in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
- 2016(a) Developing an algorithm to predict single-tree biomass weight from stem diameter measurements in young hybrid poplar energy plantations in Michigan
- 2016(b) Financial modeling of short rotation poplar plantations in Michigan, USA
- 2016(c) Planting density effects on biomass growth of hybrid poplar varieties in Michigan
- 2016(d) Sources of variation in hybrid poplar biomass production throughout Michigan, USA
- 2016(e) Common short rotation poplar growth patterns observed in 10 trials over 18 years in Michigan, USA
- 2016(f) Premature selection and inadequate testing of willow biomass varieties results in significant losses for growers
- 2016(g) Auxin-producing endophyte inoculation improves early height growth of selected hybrid poplar hardwood cuttings in a Michigan field trial
- 2016(h) Final POPLAR Report: Regional Biomass Crop Feedstock Partnership
- 2016(i) Final WILLOW Report: Regional Biomass Crop Feedstock Partnership
- 2016(j) Three poplar hybrids show no growth response to seven low rates of controlled-release fertilizer application two years after establishment in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
- 2014(a) 12-year productivity of willow and poplar clones in a high-density energy plantation in Escanaba, Michigan, USA
- 2004(a) Fiber farming using populus hybrids aspen and European larch in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
- 2002(a) Imazaquin and use for weed control hybrid poplar plantations in Michigan: Second-year results
- 1999(a) Herbicide screening for phytotoxicity in hybrid poplars, aspen and larch
- 1999(b) Imazaquin and pendimethalin provide safe and effective weed control in first-year hybrid poplar plantations in Michigan
- 1998(a) Growing Aspen Fiber in Michigan: A Rational for Producing This Material in Short Rotation, Intensively Cultured Plantations on Abandoned Agricultural Land in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
General Forestry Research
- Regeneration in a Heavily Browsed Northern Hardwood Stand Twelve Years After Scarification and Fencing
- Regenerating Quaking Aspen on a Site Dominated by Buckthorn in Upper Michigan: A Case Study
- Conifer Species Trial, Chatham, Michigan: Survival and Growth Summary after 14 Years
- Weed Control Effects on Spruce Survival Under Drought Conditions
- Reducing Deer Damage to Forest Crops
- Tree Shelters Fail to Enhance Height Growth of Northern Red Oak in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
- Growth and Financial Yield of Unthinned Red Pine Planted at Various Stocking Levels in Michigan's Eastern Upper Peninsula after 34 Years
- Workshop Proceedings: Northern White Cedar in Michigan
- Annotated Bibliography of Selected Literature Related to Vegetation and Wildlife Management in Lowland Conifer Stands of the Lake States Region
- Northern White Cedar Regeneration: Promise and Problems
- Northern White Cedar: Stand Assessment and Management Options
- Ecology and Management of Northern White Cedar
- Guidelines for Establishing Animal Exclosures for Research in Cedar Stands
- Site Preparation for Northern White Cedar
- Gentle Logging System Evaluation Quantitative Measurements Report
- Gentle Logging System Evaluation Participant's Questionnaire Report
- Gentle Logging System Evaluation Observer Report