​UPDATE: 30 minute shift to start time

​All - the UKC Senior Center needs a little bit more time to turn the room over for us after a morning activity, so we will be congregating at 10am (instead of 9:30) at the patio on the East side of the building, and then moving in for the session by no later than 10:30am. The end time is now 4:30pm - apologies if this causes any inconvenience - hopefully the extra ZZZs will benefit everyone!

​About the Training

​This training is part of the USDA Forest Service funded project: "Building a Biochar Market for Forest and Climate Resilience". More information about the grant opportunity is available here.

​The Biochar production & application training has two parts:

• ​First is this classroom session

• ​Second is a hands-on field training in October, once the burn ban lifts.

​For crew leads, this classroom session is a prerequisite for the hands-on field training.

​Who should attend

​This classroom training has been designed for crews and crew leads interested in providing biochar production and application services to Small Forest Landowners as part of the grant project.

​Registration requests will be screened; space is limited.

​Please note that this training is NOT intended for landowners.

​Schedule (Updated)

• ​10-10:30am: Arrivals & check-in

• ​10:30-10:40am: Welcome & Introductions

• ​10:40-11:35: Biochar 101 - what is it, why make it & how to apply it to soil? 

• ​11:35-12:30pm: Flame Cap Kilns - how they make biochar

• ​12:30-1pm: Lunch (provided)

• ​1-2pm: Project planning, staffing, equipment, safety, burn plans, permitting, insurance

• ​2-2:45pm: Carbon measurement for the Grant

• ​2:45-3pm: Break

• ​3-3:45pm: Screening candidate landowners for the Grant

• ​3:45-4:30pm: Contracting with the Grant & getting paid

​Meet your trainers

​Kelpie Wilson - Wilson Biochar Associates owner, Kelpie Wilson, is a leader in developing the pyrolysis tools, protocols, and processes needed for on-site biochar production in the PNW region. Wilson has authored several papers on the techniques, including an assessment of mobile biochar options for the US Forest Service.

​Wihan Bekker - As the co-founder of CHARR, a cutting-edge biochar Digital Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (D-MRV) app developed in South Africa, Wihan has been instrumental in blending technology with practical on-the-ground problem solving. He also has a serious number of biochar burns under his belt.

​Korina Stark - Principal Investigator on the grant, Korina has also led multiple biochar workshops in Washington State in partnership with the Cascadia Prescribed Burn Association and Cascadia Conservation District. She is also the Program Director for Biochar On Site, a community of practice for on-site biochar production & application, and is a small forest landowner in Chelan county.