Profitable Firewood Processing Workshop in West Virginia

The US Forest Service Wood Education and Resource Center in Princeton, WV is hosting the Profitable Firewood Processing Workshop on Thursday, April 17th, 2014 at the WERC in Princeton, WV. This is a nationally focused firewood workshop that is the best educational and networking event for the firewood industry in 2014.

This one day event has top level presenters leading discussions on sourcing firewood logs, firewood processors and packing equipment, firewood dry kiln drying options, better firewood marketing, the impact of insect quarantines, new firewood stove emissions regulations and testimonials of firewood business owners. The workshop registration fee is $25 per person and includes a buffet lunch.

The workshop invites vendors to set up information tables and outdoor demonstrations at no extra charge. Harry Watt, Wood Products Specialist at North Carolina State University, is the contact person for the Profitable Firewood Processing Workshop, phone 704-880-5034, email harry_watt@ncsu.edu . Additional information can be found at http://www.cnr.ncsu.edu/fb/extension/ncwood/Firewood_Workshop_2014.php.

Please forward this information to anyone you think would find the workshop of interest. This workshop attracts firewood industry professionals from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian border as the USFS WERC serves the thirty-five states east of the Great Plains.

Contact the PA SFI office to discuss obtaining Continuing Education (C.E.) credit for this workshop.