In partnership with Colorado State University’s Center for Collaborative Conservation (CCC), the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) is engaging biomass utilization businesses and communities in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico to participate and profit in cross-border forest collaboration.
Community Biomass: CSFS & CSU’s Center for Collaborative Conservation
2-3-2 Community Biomass Enterprise Development
The Two States – Three rivers – Two Mountain Ranges (2-3-2) Community Biomass Enterprise Development Team supports collaborative outreach and assistance to the woody biomass using businesses and communities within southern Colorado and northern New Mexico.
The team deploys tools developed by the U.S. Forest Service and Oregon Department of Forestry for forest collaboratives to increase outreach and assistance to the biomass-using business community.
The CSFS received funding from the CCC to support woody biomass collaborative outreach and assistance with businesses and communities within the 2-3-2 Cohesive Strategic Forest Partnership boundary.
| Proposal Team | Affiliation(s) |
|---|---|
| Tim Reader | CSFS |
| Randy Johnson | Small Business Development/CSFS |
| Bill Trimarco | 2-3-2/Firewise of Southwestern Colorado |
| Laura McCarthy | Nature Conservancy (New Mexico) |
| Ellen Roberts | Former Colorado State Senator/CSFS |
| Aaron Kimple | Mountain Studies Institute/ 2-3-2 Partnership |
| Andra Thaden | Undergraduate Student (required) |
| Melissa Simmons | CSFS |
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The 2-3-2 community business development team will evaluate how:
- Businesses can participate and contribute in the collaborative process
- Businesses and communities may profit and build capacity
- Economies-of-scale can be identified in the biomass community
The goal is to increase cross-border forest collaboration between southern Colorado and northern New Mexico biomass businesses.
Tools for Collaboration
Biomass Facility Economic Modeling
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Community Biomass Handbook Volume 4: Enterprise Development for Integrated Wood Products Manufacturing serves as a user-friendly guide for creating sustainable business enterprises.
The handbook provides a recipe for communities to establish new biomass business enterprises or support their existing business community through a collaborative process.
John Day Forest Collective – Video Diary
This video diary provides a look into an Oregon community’s opportunities and challenges in establishing a collaborative process, with commentary and perspective from the participants.
John Day’s local sawmill faced imminent closure and yet it played a significant role in developing (and ultimately profited from) a collaborative process.
Perspectives on Collaboration
Torrefaction plant awaiting permitting – Blue Mountain Eagle, Oct. 16, 2018
Collaboration Key to Investing in our Biomass Business Community – Tim Reader, Sept. 10, 2018
Undergraduate Involvement with the Center for Collaborative Conservation – Andra Thaden, Aug. 9, 2018
Two Watersheds – Three Rivers – Two States — Melissa’s Reflections – Tim Reader & Melissa Simmons, May 17, 2018
Contact Information
Tim Reader – CSFS Utilization & Marketing Forester
(970) 247- 5250
tim.reader@colostate.edu
