Message from the President:

Big River is embarking on a new frontier. Our focus is the role of forests and ecosystems as a pivotal player in the energy chain.

The world of energy and emissions has changed. This gives landowners a new opportunity to play a major role in young emerging markets. For the first time, forestry has wider options than selling timber as pulp or sawtimber.

With biomass becoming a major force in energy generation, fast growth cottonwoods are ideally situated to provide power plants and ethanol plants with a readily available fuel supply. The emerging carbon market enables landowners to choose whether the value of the tree itself is greater than the value of the timber. In short, the biomass and carbon markets enable landowners to diversify their income streams, thereby increasing their expected return and reducing risk simultaneously .