Board & Staff Profiles

Agricutural Watershed Institute Board of Directors

T. J. Shambaugh, III
Chairperson
Cerro Gordo

John Braden
Secretary
Urbana

Timothy Hoffman
Treasurer
Oakley

Dale Aupperle
Forsyth

David Bowman
Decatur

Monte Cherry
Mahomet

Teresa McCormack
Decatur

Judy Parrish
Decatur

David Snoeyenbos
Decatur

Agricultural Watershed Institute Staff

Phyllis Doswell
Administrative Assistant
pdoswell@agwatershed.org

Doug Gucker
Bioenergy Program Coordinator
dgucker@agwatershed.org

Steve John
Executive Director
sfjohn@agwatershed.org

Greg McIsaac, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist (Adjunct)
gmcisaac@illinois.edu

Bioenergy from Perennial Grasses

AWI [Agricultural Watershed Institute] is a leader in this emerging field. Our report, Establishing a grass energy crop market in the Decatur area, analyzes the economics and environmental benefits of renewable energy from perennial grasses and presents a roadmap for using this biomass for power and heat.

This project was funded in part by the Illinois Clean Community Foundation, the City of Decatur, and the Sanitary District of Decatur.

Discussion Papers

Support Your Local Grass Farmer

The Local Bioenergy Initiative

Report
Establishing a Grass Energy Crop Market in the Decatur Area

A discussion paper, Support your local grass farmer, makes the case for establishing local bioenergy markets, comparable to the growing local food movement.

Please let us know what you think about this or what you are doing to promote “local bioenergy”.
– Steve John, AWI Executive Director, sfjohn@agwatershed.org

For more information, contact:

Agricultural Watershed Institute
4004 College Park Road
Decatur, Illinois 62521
Phone (217) 877-5640
Fax (217) 877-5641
E-mail: info@agwatershed.org