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Draft: January 11, 2013. Forest Fuels Management and Biomass Utilization Bibliography: Knowledge Available for Management of North American Forest Fuels With Consideration of the Potential Uses of the Woody Biomass Generated by the Fuel Treatments David J. Patterson Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development A literature review regarding forest fuel reduction, isolation or modification treatments that can be used to reduce the risk of wildfire spread; including opportunities to use the biomass generated from those treatments. To address the need to employ silvicultural knowledge; to improve the cost benefit ratio and to manage for multiple forest resource values when managing hazardous forest fuels. Keywords: Passive Forest Management, Fire Hazard Reduction, Fire Regime, FireSmart, FireWise, Fuel Reduction Treatments, Fuel Management, Fuel Manipulation, Fuel Conversion, Fuel Isolation, Fuel Breaks, Fuel Loading, Fuel Handling and Storage, Fuel Quality, Prescribed Fire, Slash Burning, Brown and Burn, Silviculture Treatments, Stand Density Management, Tree Stability, Wind Throw, Crop Planning, Selective Harvesting, Thinning, Juvenile Spacing, Cleaning, Pruning, Chipping, Crushing, Mulching, Mastication, Communition, Grazing, Peatland Drainage, Fire Economics, Wild Land/Urban Interface; Fuels/Fire Behavior Modeling; Fuel Wood, Woody Biomass, Bioenergy, Biofuels, Biochemicals, Bioproducts, Biomass Conversion, Biomass to Liquid (BtL) Fuels, Biodiesel, Syndiesel, Bio-oil, Biogas, Syngas, Bioproducts, Biorefineries, Gasification, Combustion, Pyrolysis, Integrated Harvesting, Harvesting Small Diameter and Residues, Transportation and Processing of Forest Residues, Bundling, Hogging, Bioenergy Plantations. Acknowledgements: It is with great appreciation I thank the numerous authors that have contributed to the currency and breadth of this bibliography. In particular I would like to recognize the assistance and guidance provided by Marty Alexander an