Wind Wood Utilization

• Looking for a specific service provider: forester, logger, trucking contractor?
• Searching out a market(s) for a wood product?
• Trying to figure out who in government is responsible for what?
• Looking for fuel, equipment parts, lodging, etc outside of your normal area of business operation?
• Looking for answers to keep you from reinventing the wheel?

Windwoodutilization.org can help answer these questions. The quick links area on the left side of this page will take you to specific pages providing links to service provider contact information for loggers, foresters and trucking contractors. There are quick links to market information including local, regional, national and global buyers of timber products and biomass. There are quick links to help in the understanding of the basic governmental process involved in disaster planning, disaster declaration, disaster response and disaster recovery with specific emphasis on the processes effecting disaster debris management & cleanup and timber salvage. For the service provider working outside their normal area of operation there are quick links to access local information for basic supplies, fuel, equipment dealers, lodging, medical services and other items necessary to conduct business. In addition there are links to lessons learned and knowledge gained from experiences with past wind events by various stakeholders including: landowners, foresters, local & state governments, federal agencies and others.

The Tools link at the top of this page provides a set of tools to help the landowner, county/community official, forester, state official, logger, etc cope with the multitude of high stress jobs and situations that a wind event disaster will generate. Tools include: checklists and guides to help focus and stay on task, examples of plans and actions to help clarify and expedite the jobs at hand, and websites to provide real time data, up to date information, and links to services needed to complete the jobs.

The Blog link directs you to a storm activated source for current important information from government, industry, and anyone else with information vital to response, utilization and recovery from a specific wind disaster. Once the blog is activated it will also serve as a marketing tool for timber and biomass and an interactive forum designed to put those seeking services (landowners, foresters, communities, utility companies, mills & processers, etc) in touch with those offering services (foresters, loggers, trucking contractors, etc). The blog also has a "twitter" feature that will serve as a real time source for disaster based information such as roads closed, mill traffic, etc. The blog will remain activated as long as there is a need.

This website is a project of the Woody Biomass Utilization Group, an inter-agency working group and was created by the Mississippi State University Department of Forestry. It is supported by Mississippi State University’s Sustainable Energy Research Center, with funding from the United States Department of Energy.

All suggestions on how to improve this site are welcome. Please contact Jim Shepard.