This module presented information on forest harvesting and transportation practices focused primarily on bioenergy products. Harvesting operations designed to recover, process and deliver woody biomass typically involve several different phases: 

1) harvesting or felling,

2) pre-processing and drying,

3) transportation and delivery, and

4) storage. 

In summary, woody biomass harvesting systems fell and recover woody biomass and transport it to a central location where it can be processed or directly loaded onto trucks for transport to a biomass-using facility.  This can be done concurrently with a conventional timber harvest or as a separate harvest operation.  Harvesting must also be safe for the operator, socially acceptable, as environmentally benign as possible, and cost effective.

You have successfully completed all the units in module 3: Harvesting Woody Biomass for Bioenergy Production.

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