Treebeard
ArboristSite Operative
The Forest Service, state, & other municipal landowners here in New Mexico and throughout the Southwest are about to engage in a longterm & pretty massive effort to thin overgrown forests in an effort to restore more natural conditions and reduce wildfire risks and damage. This work is mainly taking out large numbers of small trees, six inches & under. In many areas they plan to stack & burn the wood since they want it removed from the forest but have no market for such small materials. Even if chipped all the material would need to be removed from the forest. I'm wondering if anyone has heard of any way to use such materials in a profitable way. We're about to be up to our necks in firewood from these programs and I'm not sure what you can do with entirely chipped trees, needles & all in the mix. Any ideas?