LEARN HOW TO USE BIOCHAR FOR FOREST RESILIENCE & CARBON SEQUESTRATION
Given the ongoing drought and dangerous wildfire conditions throughout the west, there is an urgent need to train more people on clean techniques to convert problem forest vegetation into biochar onsite. Biochar helps mitigate the wildfire threat by increasing forest soil water-holding capacity and resilience.
Who Should Attend? Forestry contractors, arborists, workforce supervisors, forest land owners, and staff from environmental NGOs and natural resource agencies who supervise forestry workers, or develop biochar forestry projects and programs.
ONLINE WEBINAR PROGRAM
Thursday, January 27 10am - 5pm MST
Morning Session - Biochar Production and Applications:
Kelpie Wilson, Wilson Biochar Associates: How to Make Biochar in Place Using Flame Cap Kilns and Conservation Burns
Deborah Page-Dumroese, US Forest Service Research Soil Scientist: Applying Biochar to Forest Soils for Forest Health and Restoration
Karen Youngblood: Forester, Redwood Forest Foundation, Inc
Kai-Hoffman Krull: San Juan Islands Conservation District
Afternoon Session - Reports on Biochar Forest Projects:
Laurie Schoonhoven: NRCS National Forester Ken Carloni: Yew Creek Land Alliance
Mark Vander Meer, Principal Partner, Watershed Consulting, Inc.
Dylan Maxwell, CEO, CarbonFace Raymond Baltar: Sonoma Biochar Initiative
Darren McAvoy: Utah Forest Service
Jim Archuleta: US Forest Service
Others TBA