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Biochar workshop coming to Norton
Written By: Lisa Herman
Photo By: Lisa Herman
Published: Friday, October 19th, 2018

Next Wednesday, October 24, the Norton Community Garden Coalition, along with the local Twin Creeks Extension, will be hosting a biochar workshop for individuals interested in using biochar as a value-added component in composting, gardening, farming, windbreak management, or improving their soils and rangelands. The workshop, “Biochar: Know It, Use It, Make It”, will be held at the Bullseye Event Center, 118 South Kansas Avenue, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

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Students from Mr. Garrett Beydler’s high school vocational agriculture class recently made, using specifications provided by Wilson Biochar Associates, the Oregon kiln which will be used next Wednesday in a demonstration on how to make biochar. Pictured here is William Gassmann in the front, and in the back, from left to right, are Mason Schulze, Dylan Goss, Bryndon Wentz, and Nathan Nelson.

Upcoming Biochar Workshops in Nebraska, Kansas and Eugene, Oregon

Kelpie Wilson's Fall 2018 Workshop Schedule:

I will be giving multiple-day workshops this fall in Nebraska, Kansas and Oregon. Here are the basic schedules and registration info. All events are free. Event posters can be downloaded from my website at www.wilsonbiochar.com

Great Plains Biochar Initiative Workshop Series

Tuesday, Oct. 23 Chadron, NE 8am – 3pm
Chadron State College, Sandoz Center Atrium
1101 Main Street | Chadron, NE 69337
Wednesday, Oct. 24 Norton, KS 9am – 1:30pm
Bullseye Event Center
118 S Kansas Ave | Norton, KS 67654
Thursday, Oct. 25 Pratt, KS 8am – 3pm
Pratt Community College
348 NE SR 61 | Pratt, KS 67124

REGISTER ONLINE:
nfs.unl.edu/workshops

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Heather Nobert
T: 402-472-2941
E: hnobert2@unl.edu

Long Tom Restoration Council Workshops

Biochar: Know it, Make it, Use it
November 6, 2018 | 9:30 a.m—2 p.m.
Indoor Workshop | FREE
1820 Roosevelt Blvd. Eugene, OR (City of Eugene Parks and Open Space offices)
Come learn from biochar consultant Kelpie Wilson about how biochar works in soils; how to make biochar and use it in agriculture, forestry, restoration and remediation applications; and biochar kiln design and combustion principles. Learn from USDA-Agricultural Research Service staff about the results of agriculture and soil remediation trials using biochar. And, contribute ideas and questions to ongoing dialog about incorporating biochar creation into local habitat restoration projects.

November 7-8, 2018 | Outdoor Demonstrations Oak Habitat Restoration Project Locations in the Long Tom Watershed
Join Long Tom Watershed Council staff and local partners to help with or just watch the work to create biochar from slash cut during thinning to restore oak habitat this summer and last. Come for one or both days.

Questions? Interested in helping? RSVP: Katie MacKendrick - 541.214.0389 / restoration@longtom.org

Biochar Expo October 27

Don't miss this exciting event!