In the isolated timberlands east of Big Lagoon, a multimillion-dollar project led by Humboldt State University and the U.S. Department of Energy is working to harness the bountiful biofuel within the forests for use as renewable energy here and abroad.
Entering its second year, the Waste to Wisdom project is seeking the best methods to process and transport leftover wood material from timber cuts to be used in renewable energy plants and land restoration. One of the project’s principal investigators, professor Han-Sup Han of HSU’s Department of Forestry and Wildland Resources, said the goal of the project is to make biomass fuel production more cost-effective and collaborative.
