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Broad Range of Searchable Biochar Information

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Using a Flame Cap Kiln

The Umpqua Biochar Education Team developed flame cap kilns for an NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant.
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Opportunities and uses of biochar on forest sites in North America [Chapter 15]

Biochar may be useful for restoring or revitalizing degraded forest soils and help with carbon sequestration, nutrient leaching losses, and reducing…
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Burn Igniting a New Carbon Drawdown Economy to End the Climate Crisis

Burn - Igniting a New Carbon Drawdown Economy to End the Climate Crisis by Albert Bates and Kathleen Draper
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“Let the Green, Save Green” Urban Soil Restoration: Helping Communities Meet Stormwater Management Requirements

In the US, lawns are the largest agricultural crop at approximately 40 million acres and growing. These acres can act as green infrastructure…
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Combined Heat and Biochar Technology Assessment - Webinar

This webinar presents results from a USBI assessment comparing technology options for adding Combine
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Biochar Atlas

The Biochar Atlas is an online, interactive tool from the USDA-Agricultural Research Service.
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How to Use Biochar in Compost

The Umpqua Biochar Education Team developed techniques for using biochar in composting for
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Biomass to Biochar: Maximizing the Carbon Value

Forty biochar producers, practitioners, scientists, and engineers held a virtual workshop in April 2020 to chart a roadmap for future development of…
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Creation and Distribution of Biochar on the Landscape

This short video from the US Forest Service describes a prototype forest m