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Tad Mason Vice President of Forestry Services and Partner, TSS Consultants |
Tad
Mason received his B.S. degree in Forestry and Natural Resources Management
from the University of California at Berkeley in 1979. He has 25 years
experience in wildland resources management. For the last 18 years he
has been active in wildland fuels reduction, biomass fuels procurement
as well as project assessment, development and implementation. As a Registered
Professional Forester (RPF) he has prepared timber harvest plans, timber
management plans, fuels treatment plans and fire restoration plans. As
Manager of Wood Fuel Supply with Pacific Energy/Pacific Wood Fuels Company
(1987-99), he coordinated biomass fuel procurement activities in support
of four biomass-fired power plants in northern California.
Tad
joined the partnership of TSS Consultants in 2000. TSS provides risk assessment
teams to biomass project developers, owners, operators, investment banks
and public agencies for developing new facilities or evaluating existing
biomass utilization facilities. Tad has conducted biomass market and utilization
feasibility assessments for a variety of private and public sector entities,
including USDA Forest Service, various tribal enterprises, Resource Conservation
Districts and collaborative groups such as the Greater Flagstaff Forest
Partnership and the Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council. He currently
has projects underway in California, Arizona, and Oregon.
