Detailed Agenda: Indoor Workshop November 6
Where: [1820 Roosevelt Blvd. Eugene, OR]
9:30—10am – Registration
10:00—10:45 – Biochar Basics
Basic biochar science. How biochar affects soil chemistry and biology, starting with the nano-scale (electrons) and moving up to micro-scale (bacteria) and macro-scale (the plant roots).
Examples of biochar used in different applications – compost, manure management, farms, trees, gardens, no-till, cover crops, rangeland, forestry, habitat restoration
Biochar and the carbon cycle. How biochar can return carbon to carbon-depleted soils.
10:45—11:00 Break
11:00—Noon – Biochar Research at USDA-ARS
Results from research in agriculture and soil remediation
Developments in the Forest to Farm pathway for biochar
How to use the Biochar Decision Support Tool
Noon—12:45 Lunch
12:45—1:30 – Biochar Production Technology
Traditional charcoal making and how it differs from modern py-rolysis
Low-tech, low cost biochar in the field using Flame Cap Kilns
Industrial biochar technologies suitable for the Willamette Valley
How to estimate costs and returns of biochar production
1:30—2:00 – Biochar and Oak and Prairie Habitat Restoration
Motivations for incorporating biochar into habitat restoration
Questions, considerations, and more
Overview of field demonstrations Nov. 7 and 8
Presenters:
Biochar Consultant
Wilson Biochar Associates
www.wilsonbiochar.com
kelpiew@gmail.com
541-218-9890
Cave Junction, ORClaire Phillips
Research Soil Scientist
USDA-Agricultural Research Service
Claire.Phillips@ars.usda.gov 541-738-4180
Corvallis, OR
Katie MacKendrick
Ecologist
Long Tom Watershed Council
restoration@longtom.org 541-214-0389