1985 - Implemented the first regional biomass plant to produces energy from wood chips.

* Boley is forest supervisor for the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana * Formed a partnership with the Forest Health Protection and the Forest Research branches of the Forest Service * Together they implemented the first regional biomass plant to produces energy from wood chips * As director of the U.S. Forest Service (FS) Southern Region’s Biological and Physical Resources, she oversees 10 program areas within the most biologically diverse Forest Service region in the country encompassing 13.3 million acres of National Forest lands across 13 southern states and Puerto Rico * Supervises partnerships with PARC and the Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy to implement on-the-ground amphibian and reptile conservation projects * Leader in the reduction of the carbon footprint.

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Category:
Forestry

Completion Status:
done

Patent Number:
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