NCSU Extension Forestry Receives Award
The NCSU Extension Forestry group has been selected to represent North Carolina as the winner of the Southern Growth Policies Board 2009 Innovator Award.
Their program, NC Woody Biomass, was chosen from a strong pool of nominees in the Southern region as an outstanding initiative that encourages economic opportunities relating to bio-products, alternative energy, and energy efficiency.
As one of 13 Innovators in the Southern region, the program will be publicly honored on Monday, June 8, 2009 in an awards ceremony and reception during Southern Growth Policies Boards annual conference, The Business of Southern Energy, in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Additionally, the program will be highlighted in Southern Growth Policies Boards “2009 Report on the Future of the South.” Team members that are included in the nomination are:
Dr. Robert Bardon – Departmental Extension Leader and Associate Professor
Dr. Dennis Hazel – Extension Specialist and Associate Professor
Dr. Mark Megalos – Extension Specialist
James Jeuck – Extension Associate
Christopher Hopkins – Outreach Associate
Jasmine Shaw – Graduate Student
Susan McIntyre – Graduate Student
Nate Osborne – Under Graduate Student
Rick Hamilton – Emeritus Extension Specialist
Congratulations to Bob and his coworkers! For more information, please see http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/forestry/biomass.html .
