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Learning Database

Broad Range of Searchable Biochar Information

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Down to Earth - Biomass to Biochar and Storing Carbon in the Forest Soils

Prescribed burns are a recognized method for building healthy fire resilient forests.  In this March 2021 webinar, the Redwood Forest Foundation, Inc.
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Dwelling on Drawdown – Draining the Swamp

Follow Kathleen Draper's biochar home building project to learn more about how she has stashed carbon in every nook and cranny of her new home!
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A Survey of Biochars: Interactions with Dissolved Ammonia, Nitrate, and Phosphate

Presented on August 8, 2014, by Edward Colosky - Graduate Student at the U
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Open Source Kiln Drawings: Oregon Kiln and Ring of Fire Kiln

The Umpqua Biochar Education Team developed flame cap kilns for an NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant.
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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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Using fire to build soil carbon and water holding capacity

Presentation at the Restoring the West Conference, 2019: "Using fire to bu
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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 (Wildland…
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Biochar and Pesticides

This short summary from the National Pesticide Information Center reviews the effects of biochar on pesticides in soil. Biochar can bind to pesticides…