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  • From: Chris Riggs <riggs.cmr@gmail.com>
  • To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [permaculture] Fwd: Free Webinar: Using Biochar as a Tool for Restoration!
  • Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 18:39:13 -0500



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> From: USU Forestry Extension <usuforestryextension@GMAIL.COM>
> Date: July 3, 2015 2:14:42 PM CDT
> To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
> Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Free Webinar: Using Biochar as a Tool for Restoration!
> Reply-To: USU Forestry Extension <usuforestryextension@GMAIL.COM>
>
> Biochar and Applications for Restoration in the Uinta Basin
>
> Date: Tuesday July 28, 2015
> Time: 12 pm – 1 pm MST
> Speakers: Chris Peltz, Soil Scientist and Darren McAvoy, USU Forestry
> Extension Associate
>
> Biochar is a porous, charcoal-like product that is the result of pyrolysis
> (cooking) of materials containing carbon such as wood, crop residues, solid
> waste, livestock manure and other organic material. Biochar has a variety
> of unique properties that make it an excellent candidate for aiding in the
> reclamation of abandoned oil and gas pad sites in the Uinta Basin. Soil
> scientist Chris Peltz will describe an ongoing study looking at biochar and
> its ability to enhance native vegetation germination and reduce erosion on
> previously abandoned oil and gas pads in the Uinta Basin where energy
> development is ongoing. USU Forestry Associate Darren McAvoy will describe
> other biochar studies sponsored by the Utah Biomass Resources Group and
> offer a broad perspective on the biochar market in Utah and beyond. Click
> here to learn more: https://forestry.usu.edu/htm/video/Webinars/ (NO
> REGISTRATION REQUIRED)
>
> This webinar is good for 1 CEU from the following organizations:
>
> International Society of Arboriculture
> Society of American Foresters
>
>




  • [permaculture] Fwd: Free Webinar: Using Biochar as a Tool for Restoration!, Chris Riggs, 07/03/2015

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