Press Releases

February 21, 2008

Northern Arizona University W. A. Franke College of Business’ study confirms the positive economic development impact of Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. (AZFRP) Oriented Strand Board (OSB) plant, and projects that the facility will support 589 jobs and injects $170 million annually in Northern Arizona’s rural economy.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. (AZFRP) is pleased to announce that the results of the Northern Arizona University W. A. Franke College of Business’ study “Impact Analysis of Arizona Forest Restoration Products’ Oriented Strand Board Facility” confirms the positive economic development impact of Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. (AZFRP) Oriented Strand Board (OSB) plant to be located in Winslow.

AZFRP had estimated conservatively a year ago and published on its website (http://www.azfrp.com/Economic%20Development%20Impact.htm) that the facility would support at least 450 direct & indirect jobs in the Northern Arizona counties, and would infuse approximately $85 million pre-tax into Northern Arizona's economy annually.

These numbers are confirmed and actually significantly increased by the science-based methodology deployed by the Team of Northern Arizona W. A. Franke College of Business’ Center for Business Outreach, with final numbers predicting that AZFRP will support 589 jobs and injects $170 million annually in Northern Arizona's rural economy.

In addition, the construction of the facility in Winslow will contribute another 455 Northern Arizona jobs for a period of 18 months to 2 years, and will inject another $74 million in Northern Arizona’s economy, essentially in the construction sector.

The study report can be downloaded from the AZFRP website here.

“We are very pleased with the outcome of this study” said Pascal Berlioux, President & Chief Executive Officer of Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. (AZFRP). “The study confirms two things. First, it confirms the very positive impact that the OSB plant will have on the rural economic development of Northern Arizona at a time and in places where unemployment is a major concern. This is good! We will be happy to offer employment stability and economic security to hundreds of families through reliable and high-paying jobs carrying a full package of benefits, including a comprehensive medical benefits program.”

“Second, this study confirms once again the responsible attitude demonstrated by AZFRP since we introduced this project almost two years ago. We have not promised more than we can deliver, and actually, we will deliver more jobs than we promised. This is good too, as it further establishes that we are a collaborative and social partner that can be trusted.”

AZFRP’s responsible attitude has also been recently demonstrated again in another critical aspect of the project when NAU Regional Wood Supply Study confirmed AZFRP's OSB project ecological and social sustainability and appropriate size. AZFRP had estimated in its own basic sustainability study published 18 months ago on its website (http://www.azfrp.com/Sustainability%20of%20Appropriately%20Sized%20Utilization.htm) the regional availability of 1,120 million cubic feet of wood, including the wood supply from the 817,000 acres of tribal ponderosa pine forests. The NAU Regional Wood Supply Study confirmed the existence of 847 million cubic feet on 1 million acres of essentially national forests, without the wood supply from the 817,000 acres of tribal forests. These numbers clearly demonstrate the responsible attitude of AZFRP in its original sustainability study, as it is reasonable to imply that the NAU study would have confirmed and probably exceeded the original supply estimated by AZFRP if the study had also included the 817,000 acres of tribal forests in addition to the 1 million acres of essentially national forests.

Since AZFRP intends to purchase a very significant amount of wood from the tribal forests, and has already started negotiating a long term purchasing agreement with the relevant partners, the ecological and social sustainability of the project is further enhanced.

February 18, 2008

Northern Arizona University Regional Wood Supply Study confirms Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. OSB project ecological and social sustainability and appropriate size.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. (AZFRP) is pleased to announce that the results of the Regional Wood Supply Study released by Northern Arizona University ForestERA confirm the ecological and social sustainability and appropriate size of the AZFRP Oriented Strand Board (OSB) project.

The Regional Wood Supply Study can be downloaded from the ForestERA’s website at http://www.forestera.nau.edu/project_woodsupply_finalreport.htm.

As a member of the Regional Wood Supply Study workgroup AZFRP has demonstrated its commitment to the collaborative process, and has been a strong and active supporter of the vital necessity to subordinate the economic considerations to the imperatives of ecosystems restoration and protection. AZFRP has taken position repeatedly to strongly support:

The full protection of 638,000 acres of Northern Arizona forest (over ¼ of the Mogollon Rim ponderosa pine forest studied) identified as Mexican Spotted Owls protected activity centers, special designation areas such as Wilderness Areas, Northern Goshawks nest areas, high soil erosion areas, streamside management zones, etc.
The total protection of the remaining old growth and the restoration of old growth by protecting large diameter trees.
The complete integration of the wildlife management objectives in the forest management objectives, especially as regards old-growth dependant endangered species and native species.
The comprehensive integration of fire as a first-entry treatment where and when appropriate on the landscape, with low to medium intensity fires that pose no threat of evolving into catastrophic active crowning and high intensity wildfires.
The necessity to reach social consensus among the various stakeholders in forest restoration and fire protection, and the realization that community consensus is built on mutually acceptable good-faith collaboration.
The necessity to support the existing local wood industry based on traditional wood products, and to encourage its growth while also supporting the creation of a new renewable energy industry by Northern Arizona entrepreneurs.

AZFRP therefore strongly supports the “consensus scenario” reached by the collaborative process.

This total consensus of all the constituencies involved (local communities, fire prevention, fish and wildlife, Forest Service, environmental groups, wood industry, etc.) identified approximately 1 million acres needing mechanical thinning in Northern Arizona, and the availability as of 2006 of approximately 850 million cubic feet of wood (Table 11, p.58) and approximately 8 million tons of biomass (Table 12, p.59).

To relate these numbers to the ecological and social sustainability and appropriate size of the AZFRP OSB project, the following considerations and calculations are required:

First, AZFRP reduces voluntarily the total amount of wood available, to the volume of wood in the diameter classes smaller than 16” in diameter outside of the wildland urban interface (WUI) areas designated in the Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP). Trees larger than 16” in diameter exceed the current social consensus outside of the community protection areas. Table 13 (p. 60) indicates that over 27 million cubic feet of wood exist in trees larger than 16” in diameter in the wildlands, watersheds, endangered species restricted areas, etc. AZFRP voluntarily removes this volume from its sustainability and appropriate size calculation.
Second, AZFRP reduces voluntarily the total amount of wood available, to the volume of wood in the diameter classes larger than 5”. Trees smaller than 5” in diameter are difficult to process for OSB. They are therefore better made available to other renewable energy industries such as electricity, ethanol, methanol, etc. Table 10 (p. 57) indicates that approximately 2% of the wood volume in the management areas is made of trees smaller than 5” in diameter. This represents approximately 16 million cubic feet of wood. AZFRP voluntarily removes this volume from its sustainability and appropriate size calculation.
Third, because the study is a snapshot in time as of 2006, the true availability of wood over the next 20 years must include a growth model. Recognizing that growth models are delicate, AZFRP bases its calculation on a very conservative approach. Table 20 (p. 64) indicates a net growth of 26 cubic feet per acre per year after mortality. However most of this growth takes place in trees larger than 16”. Further, as trees grow, they change diameter class and move into larger classes. This affects both trees becoming larger than 16” and trees becoming larger than 5”. Additionally, the growth model depends on the actual treatments implemented every year, and the prioritization of the treatments. To produce a realistic growth model, AZFRP voluntarily considers only the growth happening in the 5” to 16” class--that is only 12 cubic feet per acre per year, and projects that approximately 45,000 acres will be treated annually between the existing White Mountain Stewardship Contract, the on-going contracts in the Kaibab and Coconino national forests, and the expected landscape-scale stewardship contract for the OSB plant. This growth model predicts the additional availability of approximately 125 million cubic feet of wood in the 5” to 16” class over the next 20 years. This is a credible increase of approximately 15% over the 2006 net volume of 804 million cubic feet.

Therefore, AZFRP considers that over the next 20 years the “consensus scenario” yields the availability of 929 million cubic feet of wood adapted to the production of OSB:

Consensus scenario wood supply (cubic feet)	Total supply (Table 11)	Minus volume >16" (Table 13)	Minus 2% volume <5" (Table 10)	Supply considered by AZFRP
Community protection	368,975,519	NA	7,379,510	361,596,009
MSO restricted habitat	56,832,525	787,812	1,120,894	54,923,819
Municipal watersheds	37,448,212	3,467,404	679,616	33,301,192
Aquatic species watersheds	189,626,094	15,201,905	3,488,484	170,935,705
Wildlands	194,426,007	7,591,187	3,736,696	183,098,124
Total 2006	847,308,357	27,048,308	16,405,201	803,854,848

20-year supply based on treatment of 45,000 acres annually (cubic feet)	Total supply 2006	20-year growth 5"-16"	Total 20 year supply
Total	803,854,848	125,588,508	929,443,356

Considering that the existing industry consumes approximately 10 million cubic feet per year (Table 15 and 16, p. 61-62), and that the OSB plant is expected to consume a maximum of approximately 37 million cubic feet per year (http://www.azfrp.com/Wood%20Usage.htm) the “consensus scenario” of the Regional Wood Supply Study indicates that treating 1 million acres of Northern Arizona forests will provide enough wood over the next 20 years to:

Continue to supply the existing industry (Table 16, p. 61) depending on the White Mountains Stewardship Contract and on the contracts in the Kaibab and Coconino national forests;
Support the potential growth of the current industry;
Support the OSB plant;
Support the creation of an entirely new industry based on the utilization of trees smaller than 5” and on the biomass resulting from the thinning implemented by AZFRP, for the production of renewable energy products such as electricity, ethanol, methanol, etc.

Additionally, it must be noted that these utilizations can be almost doubled if the volume of wood available on the 817,000 acres of tribal ponderosa pine forests not considered in the study is added, which AZFRP intends to do due to the fact that its high-value OSB will be capable of absorbing the costs of extraction of the vast amounts of trees smaller than 12” in diameter currently thinned by the Fort Apache Timber Company (FATCO) and currently left in piles to be burnt in the forest.

Furthermore, these calculations do not account for re-growth after treatment. Based on current science and current growth data, re-entry is predictable after 20 to 25 years if a management plan of the treated areas is not created and implemented promptly.

In summary, the collaborative Regional Wood Supply Study conducted by Regional Work Group and ForestERA confirms the ecological and social sustainability of the AZFRP project and its appropriate size. The AZFRP project will not be detrimental to the existing industry and to its growth; it will provide the large scale high-value utilization necessary to implement rapidly landscape-scale restoration and catastrophic fire prevention; and it will support the creation of an industry of renewable energy.

See other press releases at http://www.azfrp.com/Press%20Releases.htm and resolutions of support of the AZFRP project at http://www.azfrp.com/Community%20Support.htm.

November 2, 2007

Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. receives a resolution of support from the Prescott Area Wildland/Urban Interface Commission (PAWUIC).

Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received a resolution of support from the Prescott Area Wildland/Urban Interface Commission (PAWUIC).

“The Prescott Area Wildland/Urban Interface Commission voted unanimously to support all activities that will try to utilize biomass material within the region.”

“This included Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. as well as others that exist today and those that may appear in the future.”

See the resolution and other letters and resolutions of support in the “Community Support” page (http://www.azfrp.com/Community%20Support.htm) of our website.

October 19, 2007

Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. receives a strong resolution of support from the City of Holbrook.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received a strong resolution of support from the City of Holbrook.

“The City of Holbrook is proud to join the long roster of supporters for the construction of the oriented strand board (OSB) plant proposed to be located in neighboring Winslow by Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc (AZFRP).”

“All seven counties of the Mogollon Rim: Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, Apache, Gila, Graham, and Greenlee have sent letters of support. The City of Holbrook is proud to stand beside letters of support from both Winslow and Flagstaff and our own strong endorsement.”

“The plans and goals of AZFRP are compatible with the vision and long term goals of the City of Holbrook.”

See the entire resolution and other letters and resolutions of support in the “Community Support” page (http://www.azfrp.com/Community%20Support.htm) of our website.

October 11, 2007

Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. signs a Client Service Agreement with risk management and insurance world leader Marsh.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. (AZFRP) is pleased to announce that it has selected Marsh USA Inc. to provide a comprehensive program of risk management and risk insurance for its Oriented Strand Board (OSB) plant in Winslow, AZ.

Marsh (http://global.marsh.com) is the world's leading insurance broker and strategic risk advisor. They provide services in risk identification and assessment, quantification and prioritization, and risk mitigation and financing.

Risk management and insurance will cover the entire operation of AZFRP, in terms of both property and casualty, and will extend to the work performed by the local logging companies that will be contracted to implement the restorative thinning of the Northern Arizona forests under a landscape-scale stewardship contract.

The AZFRP risk management and insurance contract will be managed from the Phoenix, AZ office of Marsh.

"We are very pleased to partner with such a leader in risk management and insurance as Marsh" said Pascal Berlioux, president and chief executive officer of Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. "Developing a strong program of risk management, mitigation and insurance is a natural requirement for responsible enterprises and community members. It will contribute to the success of AZFRP's mission to restore the forests of Northern Arizona to a fire-adapted ecology."

August 20, 2007

Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. joins Coconino County's Sustainable Economic Development Initiative (SEDI).

Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. (AZFRP) is pleased to announce that it is joining Coconino County's Sustainable Economic Development Initiative (SEDI) and will contribute to the work of its Resource-based Development Action Team.

"We support the concept and the action of SEDI, and we will help promote and implement its vision. We are absolutely convinced that economic sustainability must combine with ecological sustainability if landscape-scale restoration of the Northern Arizona ponderosa pine forest is to become a reality" said Pascal Berlioux, president and chief executive officer of Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. "It is a natural for AZFRP to join SEDI. We look forward to work with its members, and to further deliver on our commitment to the collaborative process and to support local businesses."

July 13, 2007

Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. supported by all 7 counties of the Mogollon Rim.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. is pleased to announce that with the receipt of a letter of support from Coconino County (see separate press release), its project of developing an Oriented Strand Board (OSB) plant in Winslow, AZ to fund the ecological restoration of the Northern Arizona forests is now officially supported by all 7 counties of the Mogollon Rim: Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, Apache, Gila, Graham, and Greenlee.

AZFRP strategy is to process the low-value small-diameter trees removed during restorative thinning into OSB, a high-value engineered wood product, in order to generate the funding necessary to implement the restoration of the forests of Northern Arizona to a fire-adapted ecology at the needed landscape scale. The ultimate objective of this strategy, and the vision of AZFRP, is to save the forest from destruction by catastrophic wildfires, and to restore its ecosystems to a self-sustainable fire-adapted ecology.

The unanimous support by all 7 counties of the Mogollon Rim demonstrate the collaborative efforts of AZFRP in the development of this project, and sends a strong signal to all constituents about the will of the Northern Arizona community to see their forests protected and restored.

See the letters and resolutions of support in the “Community Support” page (http://www.azfrp.com/Community%20Support.htm) of our website.

July 13, 2007

Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. receives a letter of support from Coconino County.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received today a letter of support from Coconino County.

“The Coconino County Board of Supervisors supports wood utilization proposals that demonstrate that they will meet the ecological objectives for Arizona’s forests as articulated in the Statewide Strategy.”

“We support AZFRP to the extent that it is able to advance these objectives, and to proactively engage with collaborative processes such as the Small-Diameter Wood Supply Analysis Project and with other researchers, land management agencies, and local communities in the development of plans for ecologically and economically sustainable forest utilization.”

“We support the stated objectives of AZFRP’s proposal and look forward to future opportunities to work collaboratively with them as well as other private industry to achieve our mutual goals.”

See the entire resolution and other letters and resolutions of support in the “Community Support” page (http://www.azfrp.com/Community%20Support.htm) of our website.

July 9, 2007

Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. receives a resolution from Yavapai County in support of forest utilization businesses.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received today a resolution from Yavapai County in support of forest utilization businesses.

"Yavapai County promotes the concept of forest utilization, community protection, and fire prevention, and believes that an economically sustainable utilization of low value woody biomass harvested during ecological restorative thinning, and processed into high value product is necessary to fund the restoration of the forest to an ecologically sustainable fire adapted ecology;"

"Yavapai County believes that the utilization of woody biomass removed during restorative thinning can save and protect the forests by allowing the implementation of forest restoration programs; respects and promotes good ecological science; helps protect the community by implementing thinning prescriptions and helps to prevent the risk of catastrophic wildfires by reducing the accumulation of hazardous fuels in the forests;"

"Yavapai County believes that the private business industry can create needed jobs and re-establish many traditional forest products related opportunities throughout the region, and supports efforts by forest utilization businesses such as Arizona Forest Restoration Products to secure from the Federal and State Agencies the large scale and long term stewardship contracts that are needed to guarantee supplies of wood fibers. This resolution supports the Governor’s Statewide Strategy for Restoring Arizona’s Forests.”

See the entire resolution and other letters and resolutions of support in the “Community Support” page (http://www.azfrp.com/Community%20Support.htm) of our website.

July 3, 2007

Arizona Forest Restoration Products receives a resolution of support from Apache County.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products is pleased to announce that it has received a resolution of support from Apache County.

"the Board of Supervisors of Apache County strongly supports the rapid construction by Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. of an oriented strand board (OSB) production plant in Winslow, AZ, and the participation by Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. to the development of biomass electricity generation plants along the Mogollon Rim;"

"the Board of Supervisors of Apache County is committed to help Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. start the implementation of its project as soon as possible, and will facilitate it in any way possible within the framework of County statutes, ordinances, and procedures..."

"the Board of Supervisors of Apache County is committed to strongly support by means that it deems appropriate Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. efforts to secure from the U.S. Forest Service the large scale and long term Stewardship Contracts that are needed to guarantee the supply of wood fiber to the OSB plant and to the biomass power plants over the next two decades".

See the entire resolution, as well other letters and resolutions of support in the “Community Support” page (http://www.azfrp.com/Community%20Support.htm) of our website.

June 29, 2007

Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. and Ameresco Inc. partner to develop a solution to the accumulation of biomass and the continuously increasing risk of catastrophic wildfires in the forests of Northern Arizona.

Flagstaff, Arizona & Framingham, Massachusetts (June 29, 2007) - Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. (AZFRP) and Ameresco Inc. (Ameresco) have executed an agreement that creates the strategic partnership that will consider various clean energy options while providing a landscape scale solution to the issue of accumulation of biomass in the forests and ranch lands of Northern Arizona.

Per this agreement, AZFRP and Ameresco will collaborate for the development of a 25 to 35 megawatt renewable energy plant in Winslow, AZ, designed to utilize the biomass generated by AZFRP restorative thinning of the ponderosa pine forests and by the processing of the low value small diameter trees into high value oriented strand board (OSB).

Arizona Forest Restoration Products is developing an oriented strand board (OSB) plant in Winslow, AZ in order to provide the economic engine necessary to enable the restorative thinning of the Northern Arizona ponderosa pine forests on a meaningful scale. AZFRP plans to fund the treatment of up to 40,000 acres of forest annually along the Mogollon Rim.

Ameresco will be the developer and owner of the biomass power plant that will be located at the AZFRP oriented strand board plant site. In addition to supplying the biomass, AZFRP will also absorb the heat generated by the power plant and utilize it for the operation of its wood dryer and OSB press. This will allow Ameresco to produce renewable energy efficiently. Additionally, since the OSB plant and the power plant will operate conjointly on the same site, Ameresco and AZFRP will provide each other mutual assistance in the development, engineering, and permitting of the two projects.

“We are pleased to develop this partnership with such an industry leader” said Pascal Berlioux, President & C.E.O. of Arizona Forest Restoration Products. “Implementing a landscape-scale solution to the landscape-scale problem of accumulation of hazardous fuel in our forests cannot be conceived without integrating a strong and reliable biomass component into the project”. “Pile burning is simply not a viable solution today, even on the limited acreage that is treated, and it would be totally irresponsible in the framework of a landscape-scale treatment. So much smoke and carbon must not be released in the Northern Arizona atmosphere, especially when solutions exist to sequester this carbon and use this biomass to produce clean renewable energy”. “Additionally, we are very pleased about providing the community with what amounts to the critical mass necessary to develop a biomass power plant. Exciting possibilities can then be explored to build on this critical mass and integrate pinion juniper biomass removed from neighboring ranch lands that could not, alone, justify the creation of the power plant”.

“Ameresco looks forward to working with AZFRP on a combination of projects that will yield tremendous benefits for not only the surrounding community but the environment as well. Besides the obvious community benefits this new OSB facility will bring, the aspect of incorporating a new renewable energy facility will enhance the environment through the generation of clean energy (electric and thermal) since the emissions from using wood fuel for energy are far less harmful than those emissions from uncontrolled fires, slash burning, or the fossil fuel it will now displace.” said Michael T. Bakas, Ameresco’s Vice President of Renewable Energy.

About AZFRP:

Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. (AZFRP) is a privately owned company created by Northern Arizona entrepreneurs for the express purpose of reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfires in Arizona’s ponderosa pine forests. Converting low value small diameter trees removed during treatment in high value oriented strand board (OSB) will allow AZFRP to fund the ecological thinning of the forest on a landscape scale and restore the forest to a fire adapted ecosystem. AZFRP is committed to the science of ecosystems restoration and to the collaborative process in the responsible implementation of this science.

More information about Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. can be found at http://www.azfrp.com/.

About Ameresco:

Ameresco, Inc., is the largest independent comprehensive energy solutions provider in North America. Headquartered in Framingham Massachusetts, Ameresco utilizes innovative strategies, systems, and technologies for renewable and sustainable energy generation and infrastructure renewal, thereby reducing operating expenses, increasing energy reliability and enhancing the environment.

More information about Ameresco can be found at http://www.ameresco.com.

June 21, 2007

Arizona Forest Restoration Products initiates the permitting process to build its Oriented Strand Board (OSB) plant in Winslow, AZ.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products (AZFRP) is pleased to announce that the pre-application meeting that initiates the process of permitting the OSB plant in Winslow was held on June 21 at AZFRP's main office in Flagstaff.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. is a private company created by local Northern Arizona entrepreneurs to fund the restorative thinning of the Arizona public forest by converting low value small diameter trees removed during ecological treatment into high value oriented strand board (OSB).

Present to the meeting were:

Trevor Baggiore, Environmental Program Manager, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ)
Paul Babonis, Environmental Engineering Specialist, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ)
Craig Beeson, Environmental Engineering Specialist, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ)
David Tenney, Chairman, Board of Supervisors, Navajo County
Jesse Thompson, Supervisor District II, Navajo County
Robb Crimm, Senior Planning & Zoning Engineer, Navajo County
Dale Patton, City Attorney, City of Winslow
Paul Ferris, City Planner
Bruce Snyder, Senior Environmental Scientist, Evergreen Engineering
James Bier, Senior Product developer, Ameresco
Garth Bowers, Client Manager, Cornerstone Environmental Group
Don Walters, Chairman, Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc.
Pascal Berlioux, President & C.E.O., Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc.

Under the guidance of Trevor Baggiore, Paul Babonis, and Craig Beeson from ADEQ, all technical aspects of the project were reviewed with representatives of AZFRP's environmental partners: Bruce Snyder from Evergreen Engineering, James Bier from Ameresco, and Garth Bowers from Cornerstone Environmental Group. A rapid and uncomplicated permitting process is expected thanks to the environmentally-conscious technological choices that AZFRP has been making.

Board of supervisors Chairman David Tenney and Supervisor Jesse Thompson reemphasized Navajo County's commitment to support and facilitate the project in any way possible, while City Attorney Dale Patton restated the City of Winslow's commitment to integrate the OSB plant in the City's utilities networks and to provide any resource required.

Don Walters, AZFRP Chairman, discussed the company's vision of contributing to the saving of the Northern Arizona forests, and Pascal Berlioux, AZFRP President & C.E.O. emphasized the need to do things right at every stage and to integrate the collaborative process in every decision.

June 7, 2007

Arizona Forest Restoration Products and Earth Friendly Fuels announce a strategic partnership for the utilization of biomass in Northern Arizona.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products (AZFRP) and Earth Friendly Fuels are pleased to announce that they have decided to form a strategic partnership for the utilization of the biomass generated during the forest restorative thinning planned by AZFRP in the Northern Arizona ponderosa pine forests.

Earth Friendly Fuels, a private company formed by Diane and David Williamson, of Flagstaff, plans to build a hybrid ethanol plant in the Greater Flagstaff area. The ethanol plant will have the capability to produce 50 million gallons of corn ethanol annually, with the possibility to upgrade the process to the production of cellulosic ethanol when this technology reaches industrial maturity. The ethanol plant will use a hybrid fuel system, capable of supplying the electricity and steam required for the manufacturing of ethanol by burning either natural gas or woody biomass. The annual consumption of biomass by the ethanol plant is expected to be around 200,000 tons, or approximately half of the biomass that the OSB plant thinning operations will generate.

“Two of the fundamental commitments that AZFRP made to the Northern Arizona community when we initiated the OSB project, were: 1) to do things right; and 2) to proactively support local businesses in their endeavor to benefit from the critical-mass effect that the OSB plant will create” said Pascal Berlioux, President & C.E.O. of Arizona Forest Restoration Products (AZFRP). “We are pleased to fulfill these commitments by supporting the Williamsons ethanol project. The ethanol plant will contribute to the forest restoration goal a productive use of the biomass that the OSB plant cannot process, and will also contribute significantly to the growth of the local ecologically and economically sustainable forest industry that is needed to fund the restorative thinning”. “There are still many operational and logistic details to iron out, but we believe that Earth Friendly Fuel’s business fundamentals are strong, and we are committed to provide them with as much business and technical support as they need. This is a very exciting synergy”.

“We expect our collaboration to culminate in a long-term, large-volume biomass supply agreement between AZFRP and Earth Friendly Fuels, as soon as AZFRP receives the long-term large-scale stewardship contract that we seek to implement the landscape-scale restoration of the Northern Arizona ponderosa pine forest”.

“Partnering with Arizona Forest Restoration Products is a great opportunity for Earth Friendly Fuels to contribute to the restoration of the Arizona forest while aiding significantly to the national effort toward building a future of sustainable fuels” said Diane Williamson, President & C.E.O. of Earth Friendly Fuels. “The hybrid power system of the ethanol plant will utilize the biomass produced by AZFRP’s restorative thinning on the western side of the Mogollon Rim, essentially in the Kaibab National Forest and western part of the Coconino National Forest, and we will also have the ability to absorb pinion juniper biomass produced by the restoration efforts conducted in Yavapai County. This collaboration between our two companies reinforces the inherent strengths of Earth Friendly Fuels, and will allow us to focus on our areas of expertise: corn ethanol, the development of cellulosic ethanol technology, and the sequestration of carbon”.

Please feel free to contact Pascal Berlioux at Arizona Forest Restoration Products or Diane Williamson at Earth Friendly Fuels for further details.

Diane Williamson can be reached at Earth Friendly Fuels LLC, 2730 N. Prescott Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001. Her office telephone number is (928)773-7994, and her cell phone number is (928)707-0811.

May 25, 2007

Arizona Forest Restoration Products receives a resolution of support from Gila County.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products is pleased to announce that it has received a resolution of support from Gila County.

"the Board of Supervisors of Gila County strongly supports the rapid construction by Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. of an oriented strand board (OSB) production plant in Winslow, AZ, and the participation by Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. to the development of biomass electricity generation plants along the Mogollon Rim, including one in Gila County"

"the Board of Supervisors of Gila County is committed to help Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. start the implementation of its project as soon as possible, and will facilitate it in any way possible"

"the Board of Supervisors of Gila County is committed to strongly support Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. efforts to secure from the U.S. Forest Service the large scale and long term Stewardship Contracts that are needed to guarantee the supply of wood fiber to the OSB plant and to the biomass power plants over the next two decades".

See the entire resolution and other letters and resolutions of support in the “Community Support” page (http://www.azfrp.com/Community%20Support.htm) of our website.

May 22, 2007

Arizona Forest Restoration Products receives a resolution of support from Graham County.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products is pleased to announce that it has received a resolution of support from Graham County.

"the Board of Supervisors of Graham County strongly supports the rapid construction by Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. of an oriented strand board (OSB) production plant in Winslow, AZ, and the participation by Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. to the development of biomass electricity generation plants along the Mogollon Rim"

"the Board of Supervisors of Graham County is committed to supporting Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. start the implementation of its project as soon as possible"

"the Board of Supervisors of Graham County is committed to strongly support Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. efforts to secure from the U.S. Forest Service the large scale and long term Stewardship Contracts that are needed to guarantee the supply of wood fiber to the OSB plant and to the biomass power plants over the next two decades"

See the entire resolution and other letters and resolutions of support in the “Community Support” page (http://www.azfrp.com/Community%20Support.htm) of our website.

May 16, 2007

Arizona Forest Restoration Products receives a resolution of support from Greenlee County.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products is pleased to announce that it has received a resolution of support from Greenlee County.

"the Board of Supervisors of Greenlee County strongly supports the rapid construction by Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. of an oriented strand board (OSB) production plant in Winslow, AZ, and the participation by Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. to the development of biomass electricity generation plants along the Mogollon Rim"

"the Board of Supervisors of Greenlee County is committed to help Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. start the implementation of its project as soon as possible, and will facilitate it in any way possible"

"the Board of Supervisors of Greenlee County is committed to strongly support Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. efforts to secure from the U.S. Forest Service the large scale and long term Stewardship Contracts that are needed to guarantee the supply of wood fiber to the OSB plant and to the biomass power plants over the next two decades"

See the entire resolution and other letters and resolutions of support in the “Community Support” page (http://www.azfrp.com/Community%20Support.htm) of our website.

May 2, 2007

Arizona Forest Restoration Products receives a resolution from the Northern Arizona Council of Governments (NACOG) supporting the construction of an oriented strand board (OSB) plant in Northern Arizona .

Arizona Forest Restoration Products is pleased to announce that it has received a resolution from the Northern Arizona Council of Governments (NACOG) supporting the construction of an oriented strand board (OSB) plant in Northern Arizona .

"NACOG represents the twenty-two cities and towns and the four counties in northeastern Arizona, who are all forest communities."

"NACOG promotes the concepts of forest utilization, community protection, and fire prevention, such as proposed by Arizona Forest Restoration Products".

See the entire resolution and other letters and resolutions of support in the “Community Support” page (http://www.azfrp.com/Community%20Support.htm) of our website.

April 30, 2007

Arizona Forest Restoration Products releases specific Economic Development Impact data in a new section of its website.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products is pleased to announce that it has released specific Economic Development Impact data in a new section of its website.

"As the implementation of the AZFRP project approaches, many people have been asking for this information. We are pleased to provide this estimation of economic development impact to private individuals or small local companies interested in capitalizing on the AZFRP opportunity, as well as communities and local government interested in supporting local entrepreneurship, and we renew our total commitment to help and promote local businesses as much as possible, in order to make the ecological win in Northern Arizona also an economical win" said Pascal Berlioux, President and C.E.O. of Arizona Forest Restoration Products.

See the Economic Development Impact data in the "Economic Development" page (http://www.azfrp.com/Economic%20Development%20Impact.htm) of our website.

January 29, 2007

Arizona Forest Restoration Products receives a strong letter of support from the Board of the Eastern Arizona Counties Organization.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products is pleased to announce that it has received a strong letter of support from the Board of the Eastern Arizona Counties Organization.

"We are concerned with the accumulation of hazardous fuel building up in our forests and believe that one solution to these concerns can be achieved, both economically and environmentally, by the utilization of small diameter forest products to produce OSB".

"ECO is committed to support your company's efforts to secure the Stewardship Contracts, or similar contractual relationships, from the U.S. Forest Service that are needed to guarantee its supply of wood fiber over the next twenty years or more".

See the entire letter and other letters and resolutions of support in the “Community Support” page (http://www.azfrp.com/Community%20Support.htm) of our website.

January 26, 2007

The Board of Directors of AZFRP elects Pascal Berlioux, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products is pleased to announce that its Board of Director has elected Pascal Berlioux, President and Chief Executive Officer. Pascal Berlioux had served as President and Chief Operating Officer since joining the company 6 months ago in August 2006, while Donald B. Walters, Jr., the Chairman of Board, temporarily cumulated the titles of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Recognizing the significant progresses accomplished by the company under Mr. Berlioux's operational leadership, the Board expresses its entire confidence in Mr. Berlioux's ability to discharge his new responsibilities as Chief Executive Officer to the satisfaction, and in the best interest, of all the constituents, external or internal, of AZFRP as the company transitions from the planning stage to the execution stage and becomes a key enabler of the ecological restoration of the Northern Arizona forest.

January 9, 2007

The City Council of the City of Winslow passes a resolution strongly supporting AZFRP and committing to "make every effort" to "support in any way possible" the implementation of the project.

See the entire resolution and other letters and resolutions of support in the “Community Support” page (http://www.azfrp.com/Community%20Support.htm) of our website.

December 20, 2006

The Greater Flagstaff Forest Partnership quotes AZFRP as one of its successes and accomplishments in its annual fundraising letter.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products is pleased to announce that it was cited repeatedly as one of the Greater Flagstaff Forest Partnership's successes and accomplishments in its annual fundraising letter.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products appreciates this strong indication of continued commitment by the Greater Flagstaff Forest Partnership.

"... we are in the business of protecting our community from catastrophic wildfire while we restore the health of surrounding forests ... The attached newspaper editorial and article (referring to the Arizona Daily Sun article on AZFRP) show that we have been successful so far...

Our collaborative efforts with the Greater Flagstaff Economic Council in attracting new wood product industries may soon bear fruit, too, as the article on Arizona Forest Restoration Products, Inc. (AZFRP) suggests. We continue to work with AZFRP, which recently joined the partnership, on wood supply, ecological forest restoration practices, community assessment, and other aspects of this significant and complex business opportunity. When they establish their OSB production facility, it will dramatically accelerate the pace of forest restoration and community protection treatments."

See the entire resolution and other letters and resolutions of support in the “Community Support” page (http://www.azfrp.com/Community%20Support.htm) of our website.

December 18, 2006

Arizona Forest Restoration Products receives a strong letter of support from the Board of Supervisors of Navajo County.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products is pleased to announce that it has received a strong letter of support from the Board of Supervisors of Navajo County.

"The Board of Supervisors of Navajo County strongly supports the development of Arizona Forest Restoration Products’ oriented strand board (OSB) plant in Winslow, AZ.

The Board of Supervisors of Navajo County is committed to help Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. start its activities as soon as possible, and will facilitate and expedite all the relevant permitting processes. At the current stage of the project, and based on the information shared by Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. and by the City of Winslow, Navajo County does not anticipate any permitting or other legal or technical issue that would impede the construction of the plant.

The Board of Supervisors of Navajo County is further committed to support Arizona Forest Restoration Products’ efforts to secure with the U.S. Forest Service the Stewardship Contracts that it needs to guarantee its supply of wood fiber over the next two decades."

See the entire letter and other letters and resolutions of support in the “Community Support” page (http://www.azfrp.com/Community%20Support.htm) of our website.

December 12, 2006

Arizona Forest Restoration Products receives a strong letter of support from the Coconino Natural Resource Conservation District.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products is pleased to announce that it has received a strong letter of support from the Coconino Natural Resource Conservation District.

"The Board of Supervisors of the Coconino Natural Resource Conservation District strongly supports the proposed creation of an oriented-strand construction materials plant by AZFRP...

We look forward to working with AZFRP to resolve issues as they may arise so that resource utilization and sustainability are optimized."

See the entire letter and other letters and resolutions of support in the “Community Support” page (http://www.azfrp.com/Community%20Support.htm) of our website.

December 6, 2006

Arizona Forest Restoration Products receives a strong letter of support from the Society of American Foresters - Northern Arizona Chapter.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products is pleased to announce that it has received a strong letter of support from the Society of American Foresters - Northern Arizona Chapter.

"Based on the collective knowledge of our chapter members, we agree that there is more than enough small-diameter pine to sustain an operation such as the one you describe without compromising critical ecological, environmental, and scenic values."

See the entire letter and other letters and resolutions of support in the “Community Support” page (http://www.azfrp.com/Community%20Support.htm) of our website.

December 4, 2006

Arizona Forest Restoration Products receives a strong letter of support from the City of Winslow.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products is pleased to announce that it has received a strong letter of support from the City of Winslow.

"The City of Winslow expresses its strong support for the development by Arizona Forest Restoration Products, Inc. of an oriented strand board (OSB) plant designed to contribute to the prescriptive thinning of the Northern Arizona forests, and to restore them to a fire-adapted ecology.

The City of Winslow will work with Arizona Forest Restoration Products, Inc. to process any request for annexation, zoning and permitting in a timely manner..."

See the entire letter and other letters and resolutions of support in the “Community Support” page (http://www.azfrp.com/Community%20Support.htm) of our website.

December 01, 2006

Arizona Forest Restoration Products endorses the Arizona Forest Health Advisory Council’s “ Guiding Principles For Forest Ecosystem Restoration And Community Protection”.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. is pleased to announce that he has made the decision to publicly support the Arizona Forest Health Advisory Council’s “Guiding Principles For Forest Ecosystem Restoration And Community Protection”.

The Arizona Guiding Principles For Forest Ecosystem Restoration And Community Protection, as well as the Arizona Guiding Principles For a New Economy Based on Forest Restoration, are the principles that have inspired the Leadership Team of Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. to engage into proactive action to save the Arizona forest and create Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. believes that the concepts of: Integrative action; Sustainability from both an ecological , economical, and communal basis; Ecological integrity; Management of the land; and Best Practices, are fundamental to the creation and the operation of an economically viable enterprise designed to contribute significantly to the ecological restoration of the Arizona ponderosa pine forest, based on adding high economic value to the small diameter wood removed from the forest during restorative thinning treatments.

November 30, 2006

Arizona Forest Restoration Products endorses the forest ecological restoration principles known as "The New Mexico Forest Restoration Principles".

Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. is pleased to announce that he has made the decision to publicly support the forest ecological restoration principles known as "The New Mexico Forest Restoration Principles".

Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. believes that these principles are aligned with its vision of contributing to the restoration of the Northern Arizona forest to a healthy fire-adapted ecology through prescriptive restoration thinning made economically self supporting by the processing of the small diameter wood harvested into high value-added oriented strand board (OSB).

Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. believes that it is desirable to apply the New Mexico Forest Restoration Principles in the design and implementation of a large scale mosaic of prescriptive treatments that include wildland urban interface fire prevention treatments, multiple age groups "clumps & groups" treatments, treatments designed in application of the Goshawk Guidelines, etc. designed collaboratively with all the interested constituents, and implemented responsibly by certified MasterLoggers™ or ProLoggers under the monitoring of the Forest Service and of the local community.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products Inc. further believes that the critical mass effect that it will create will allow treatment in Northern Arizona to scale up to the landscape perspective recommended by the New Mexico Forest Restoration Principles, and will significantly advance the key concerns of reducing the threat of unnatural crown fires and strategically targeting the priority target areas.

November 20, 2006

Arizona Forest Restoration Products invited to give a presentation to the Navajo County Board of Supervisors on December 4.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products is pleased to announce that it has been invited to give a presentation of its vision for contributing to the ecological restoration of the forests of Northern Arizona and the rural development of Northern Arizona to the Navajo County Board of Supervisors on December 4 at 11 AM.

This meeting is open to the public.

November 17, 2006

Arizona Forest Restoration Products receives a letter of support from the White Mountain Regional Development Corporation.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products is pleased to announce that it has received a letter of support from the White Mountain Regional Development Corporation.

"I would like to extend my full support to Arizona Forest Restoration Products, Inc. in their efforts to develop an oriented strand board plant in Northern Arizona. The time is right for the region to become ecologically responsible in the way it conducts forest management. A true sustainable approach to the ponderosa pine forest natural resources is an ecological program that restores the forest back to its natural density and its naturally balanced condition, by the selective thinning of over populating small diameter trees. It is the contention of White Mountain Regional Development Corporation that Arizona Forest Restoration Products, Inc. will help the region to reach the goal of responsible forest management.".

See the entire letter and other letters and resolutions of support in the “Community Support” page (http://www.azfrp.com/Community%20Support.htm) of our website.

November 15, 2006

Arizona Forest Restoration Products receives a letter of commitment from the Greater Flagstaff Forest Partnership.

Arizona Forest Restoration Products is pleased to announce that it has received a letter of commitment from the Greater Flagstaff Forest Partnership.

"We are committed to working with Arizona Forest Restoration Products to provide ecological guidance and responsible forest restoration management expertise as y