What else is ESF Doing?
• Onondaga Lake – ESF is using native plantings to restore the salt marshes along the shoreline to keep contaminated water from reaching the lake; using shrub willow to keep contaminants in the Solvay Settling Basins from getting into the streams that flow into the lake; and tracking the growth of fishery as the lake gets cleaner and cleaner. • Biomass – ESF has been developing short-rotation woody crops in New York State for more than 20 years that can be used for bioenergy and biofuels production, living snow fences and remediation of brownfield sites. Commercial biomass energy crops, like shrub willow, put marginal farmland back into production, create an alternative source of income for landowners, protect the environment and enhance wildlife habitat. • Wood to Ethanol – ESF is working with Catalyst Renewables Corporation headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the engineering firm of O’Brien and Gere based in Syracuse, and New Energy Capital, to develop and construct a pilot commercial ce
