Deep Dive: Biomass to Biochar, March 10, 2021

This virtual public event was held on March 10, 2021. cei.sonoma.edu...
California is waging war against the three largest environmental issues of our time: severe catastrophic forest fire, drought and climate change. These issues are linked. With climate change comes drought, and with extremely dry conditions come extremely large, hot burning fires. Forest maintenance is critical to fire prevention and mitigation, but can present its own hazards through the resulting debris. While there are several approaches to dealing with that debris, one has the potential to keep carbon from escaping into the atmosphere and potentially add to soil health, without the use of heavy equipment: converting biomass to biochar. Come learn about biochar, its characteristics and benefits, and see a demonstration of biochar production in a portable kiln on site in the Usal Redwood Forest in northern Mendocino County.
CEI is a sponsor of this demonstration, "Down to Earth: Biomass to Biochar and Storing Carbon in Forest Soils," which is a joint project of the Redwood Forest Foundation, Inc. (RFFI), the Sonoma Biochar Initiative and the North Coast Resource Partnership. This event will preview a joint RFFI and CEI field-based education program at SSU’s Galbreath Wildlands Preserve in Fall 2021.
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