WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack hasy announced that more than 200,000 tons of biomass were removed from federal lands through the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP).
BCAP, reauthorized by the 2014 Farm Bill, provided incentives for the removal of dead or diseased trees from National Forests and Bureau of Land Management lands for renewable energy, while reducing the risk of forest fire. This summer, 19 energy facilities in 10 states participated in the program.
"This initiative helps to retrieve forest residues that are a fire risk, but otherwise are costly to remove," said Vilsack. "In just three months, working. . .
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