Larry Filmer

Larry Filmer, executive director of the Natural Resources Management and Development Institute at Auburn, said it's very important for each university to know what's going on in Normal, Tuscaloosa, Tuskegee, Auburn and Huntsville.

"There's a great opportunity to collaborate here," he said.The more collaboration, the closer the universities are to enacting solutions in the real world.To have practical application in the real world, there has to be more than one source of biofuel.

"There's no one-size-fits-all solution," Filmer said.That's why it's good to know researchers at Alabama A&M are looking at canola, those at Tuskegee are working with sweet potatoes and Alabama-Huntsville is busy with a particular tree species.

AU has made great strides of its own since it hosted its own energy conference a year ago.The NRMDI has been established since then with a Water Resources Center and a Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts.

"What started last year as a conference to get us started we have taken to the next level in terms of implementation," Filmer said.

Researchers at Alabama A&M, Alabama, Tuskegee and Alabama-Huntsville want to see practical applications as quickly as those at Auburn do, but they know it's a step-by-step process, Filmer said.
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"We are going to need some breakthroughs here to move forward rapidly," Filmer said.

Dr. Larry Filmer

AU Natural Resource Management and Development Institute

Dr. Larry Filmer from the Auburn University Natural Resource Management and Development Institute addressed the Auburn Rotary Club regarding the efforts of the newly formed institute to conserve natural resources in Alabama, better serve the communities across the state, and respond to emerging challenges to identify and develop new sources of bio-fuel energy.He also said the institute is looking to form partnerships with industry to help achieve these goals.He elaborated about the use of sawgrass in biofuel, as well as soy ben and cultivated algae as feed stock to be converted into oil.The institute is also looking at water issues across the state, which have become very noteworthy with the drought across the Southeast.

Larry Filmer, executive director of the Natural Resources Management and Development Institute, and WRC Director Dr. Graeme Lockaby held a campus-wide faculty meeting Wednesday to find out what they think WRC should be doing.

Larry Filmer, AU Natural Resource Management and Development Institute

Larry Filmer, executive director of the Natural Resources Management and Development Institute at Auburn, said it's very important for each university to know what's going on in Normal, Tuscaloosa, Tuskegee, Auburn and Huntsville.

"There's a great opportunity to collaborate here," he said.

The more collaboration, the closer the universities are to enacting solutions in the real world.To have practical application in the real world, there has to be more than one source of biofuel.

"There's no one-size-fits-all solution," Filmer said.

That's why it's good to know researchers at Alabama A&M are looking at canola, those at Tuskegee are working with sweet potatoes and Alabama-Huntsville is busy with a particular tree species.

AU has made great strides of its own since it hosted its own energy conference a year ago.The NRMDI has been established since then with a Water Resources Center and a Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts.

"What started last year as a conference to get us started we have taken to the next level in terms of implementation," Filmer said.

Researchers at Alabama A&M, Alabama, Tuskegee and Alabama-Huntsville want to see practical applications as quickly as those at Auburn do, but they know it's a step-by-step process, Filmer said.
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"We are going to need some breakthroughs here to move forward rapidly," Filmer said.

Larry Filmer Director of the Institute of Natural Resources at Auburn University, recently spoke to the members of the Kiwanis Club of Opelika at the Saugahatchee Country Club.
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Larry Filmer