July | 2014 | NARA | Washington State University

Forestry and Idaho education and career resources

July 29, 2014 charles.dillon2

FireScience.org recently launched a unique Idaho guide focused on providing career and education information. They provide a list of schools and programs from the U.S. federal government National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), and provide interviews with fire experts in Idaho. On the career side, they provide income tables in Idaho for Firefighters, Fire Inspectors / Investigators, and Fire Service Supervisors, talk about fire training, and also have a full section …more

DOE hosts national energy literacy virtual town hall, August 5th

July 22, 2014 charles.dillon2

The webinar will be a dynamic, virtual conversation about ongoing efforts, including NARA’s, from across the country in utilizing the Department of Energy’s Energy Literacy Framework to address one of our nation’s’ biggest national challenges, energy illiteracy. Through rapid fire sessions you will hear about national, new media and localized efforts using e-books, experiential curriculum and best practices in energy education and learn about resources including the Women @ Energy …more

USDA awards funds to promote development of rural wood to energy projects

July 15, 2014 charles.dillon2

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the award of more than $2.5 million in grants to develop wood energy teams in 11 states and an additional $1.25 million for nine wood energy projects.

View this link to read the entire press release.

USDA NIFA biofuel projects brochure

July 8, 2014 charles.dillon2

AFRI CAP cover — Front cover of the AFRI CAP biofuel project brochure

A brochure has been developed that describes the seven AFRI CAP projects working within the biofuels challenge area at USDA NIFA. This information was developed primarily by the extension team at Advanced Hardwood Biofuels Northwest.

You can view and download the entire brochure here.

Western Montana Corridor work available online

July 8, 2014 charles.dillon2

NARA is tasked to provide a supply chain analysis for converting forest residuals to biojet fuel and lignin-based co-products within the northwestern United States defined within the Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana state borders. University students and their mentors, through the Integrated Design Experience (IDX) course, provide much of the …more

Measuring Energy Literacy

July 8, 2014 charles.dillon2

Rubric for evaluation of Imagine Tomorrow deliverables

NARA invests nearly a third of its total budget to improve the bioenergy literacy of students and professionals with the assumption that an improved level of bioenergy literacy will translate into a knowledgeable workforce and a more engaged and enlightened citizenry who can help shape and contribute to a bio-energy/bio-products …more

Students, teachers and judges explore energy solutions at the Imagine Tomorrow competition

July 8, 2014 charles.dillon2

Ruby Parker, from Bellingham High School, describes her team’s Imagine Tomorrow project to a judge. Bob Hubner photo/WSU

“We took a jet engine from a KC 135 military plane and converted it to run on biodiesel. We will start it up outside if you want to …more