Revenue from the Qualco digesters might also help to fund more salmon habitat protection projects, Sayre says, and will also serve as a demonstration site. “This project has turned into far more than an anaerobic digester,” he says. “This is a site that we want to use to demonstrate some of the answers that we have. It really is a demonstration site for, hopefully, a new way of thinking, and a new approach. It’s not just talking or producing another damned report. It’s a demonstrable solution.”

Werkhoven says the group has been working to bring together other Indian tribes and groups of dairy farmers. He says building a working relationship is a lot like a long courtship that ends in marriage. “It’s kind of like the way old-fashioned people used to get married,” he says. “It’s a good thing, you know? It’s a very good thing.”

Ryan C. Christiansen is a Biomass Magazine staff writer. Reach him at rchristiansen@bbiinternational.com or (701) 373-8042.

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