Position Description: 

The position will provide technical assistance and grant management for the Wood Innovations group. This will include working with partners that harvest, transport, manufacture, and market wood products within Oregon and Washington. Target areas include mass timber (construction), wood energy (heat and power), biochar, and any use for small-diameter and low-value wood (such as firewood, insulation, compost, etc). The work will revolve around tracking the 70-plus, Wood Innovation grants. Additional work will include organizing and updating the equipment files, analyzing mass timber projects to identify what has been funded and where more work is needed, and helping to coordinate efforts to map timber market information.

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