A limited number of beetle-killed stands are currently being harvested for timber production, to protect roads, trails, campsites, and homes from falling trees, to reduce fuel loading and guard against catastrophic wildfire, or to promote controlled forest regeneration. Much of the biomass from such activities is simply piled and burned, which adds costs, risk, and air pollution burdens to stand treatment. The deployment of wood bioenergy technologies could add value to this biomass, potentially enabling the management of wider areas and leading to modified harvest practices (for example, whole-tree harvest instead of lop-and-scatter).