Soil, Conservation burns, and Biochar w/Kai Hoffman Krull

​In this lecture we will explore charcoal as a tool for soil and forest health, and the range of methods including biochar production and prescribed fire that can integrate with forest thinning to restore forest ecosystems.

​Participants will receive hands on opportunities to learn fire techniques, as well as gain to resources for gaining further fire experience for managing forests around their homes.

​Instructor Bio

​Kai Hoffman-Krull is the Restoration Manager at the San Juan Islands Conservation District, and is a certified NRCS Natural Resource Planner after studying forestry and literature at Yale University. He also serves as an adjunct faculty member at the Western Washington University College of the Environment, and has coordinated research projects in agriculture and forestry with the University of Washington, University of Montana, and Oregon State University in the San Juan Islands since 2014. He has co-authored peer-reviewed articles in Biogeochemistry and Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment, and has written extensively for publications such as Growing for Market, Civil Eats, New Society Publishing, The Sound Consumer, Rodale Institute, and Stone Pier Press. Kai is also a certified US Forest Service C-Level Sawyer and a certified US Forest Service C-Level Sawyer Instructor/ Evaluator in chainsaw bucking and ground processing.

​Accessibility

This will be an active, all day class outside at a forest site. There is an option to attend for the lecture parts of the series if the active portion is not your speed.