California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE)

This report summarizes work by Winrock International, Lake County Resources Initiative (LCRI), and other Lake County, Oregon partners to implement hazardous fuel reduction/biomass energy pilot activities in WESTCARB Phase II (2006-10). Wildfire is a significant source of GHG emissions in Oregon and throughout the WESTCARB region. WESTCARB developed methodologies to evaluate, validate and demonstrate the potential of reducing hazardous fuel for biomass energy to contribute to GHG mitigation and adaptation. The report describes hazardous fuel reduction pilot activities on Federal and private lands in Lake County; pre- and post-treatment measurements to quantify forest carbon impacted by treatment and/or fire; analysis of data from these pilots to determine the net GHG impact of the fuel reduction treatments; and related work by LCRI to facilitate continued hazardous fuels reduction efforts in Lake County.