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Broad Range of Searchable Biochar Information

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Dwelling on Drawdown - Part III - Carbon Walls

Converting walls to carbon caches could be compelling when you consider just how much wall space there is in the average US home.
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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
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Low-tech flame carbonizers for biochar production: Theory and Applications

Biochar is made by applying heat to biomass in the absence of oxygen.
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Increasing Resilience and Carbon Storage through In-forest Biochar Production

Conservation Corps putting Research into Action  In 2020 the San Juan Islands Conservation District launched the Islands Conservation Corps…
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USDA NRCS Biochar Funding Quick Guide

This is the companion Fact Sheet to the Code 336 Soil Carbon Amendment webinar series we held in January 2023. That series can be found here:…
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Biochar: Prepping It for Soil

Biochar can benefit your soil, but only if properly prepared prior to application.
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Presentations from Biochar in the Woods Webinar and Field Days- Jan - Feb 2022

What: A combination of live, online and in-field presentations and demonstrations on making and using biochar on site in the forest and WUI…
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Biochar can sequester carbon in soil – so why aren’t farmers using it?

One of the most effective and long-lasting ways farmers can move carbon from the atmosphere into the soil is to use biochar. But if it is so…
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Effect of Wood Biochar Amendment to Sand on Leachate Water Quality with Repeated Dairy Manure Application: A Soil Column Study

This publication from the National Cooperative Extension explains results of a biochar filtration application. The effects of amending sand…