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| Willow Witt Ranch Char Day |
This kiln is available to process slash piles from our forestry projects here in the Illinois Valley.
Sunday, November 29, 2015
The Oregon Kiln makes biochar outside of Ashland
The first firing of the Oregon Kiln took place at Willow Witt Ranch on Nov 27, 2015. Thanks to Suzanne and Lanita of Willow Witt Ranch and helper Micah. Thanks also to Vicklund and Son for fabricating the kilns and mounting the jib crane to the trailer. The Oregon Kiln was designed by Kelpie Wilson, Wilson Biochar Associates (wilsonbiochar.com). The Oregon Kiln is a Flame Cap Biochar Kiln intended for use with forest slash and other kinds of waste wood commonly found in the forested regions of Oregon and elsewhere.
This kiln is available to process slash piles from our forestry projects here in the Illinois Valley.
This kiln is available to process slash piles from our forestry projects here in the Illinois Valley.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Biochar Burn Day – Monday November 23rd
http://ivforestcollaborative.blogspot.com/2015/11/for-immediate-release-contact-kenny.html
Contact: Kenny Houck (IVCDO) at 541-956-7275 or
Kelpie Wilson (Illinois Valley Forest Collaborative) at 541-218-9890 or
541-592-3083
ILLINOIS VALLEY FOREST COLLABORATIVE
PAGE CREEK COMMUNITY FORESTRY PROJECT
Biochar Burn Day – Monday November 23rd
Volunteers are invited to come help make
biochar from burn piles generated by the Page Creek Community Forestry Project.
Volunteers will be able to take some biochar home with them at the end of the
day.
Please join us at the end of Page Creek Rd at
8:30 am on Nov 23rd. We will work until the project is done or until
dark. Feel free to come for all or part of the day and bring work gloves and
snacks or a lunch. If you have shovels and rakes, please bring them.
A crew from Grayback Forestry will help us
re-stack several dozen burn piles into loose ricks for biochar production.
After re-stacking the piles, we will light them on the top and they will burn
down to coals. We will use backpack water pumps to quench the coals and save
them as biochar. Volunteers are needed to help tend the fires and spread the
coals out with rakes to cool more quickly.
We will provide bags for volunteers to load
up some of the biochar to take home and use in their own gardens.
A group of citizens has been working with the
US Forest Service for several years now to plan and implement a pilot project
for community-based forest restoration management on 80 acres near
Takilma. Last spring the group held a
pole sale from thinning of a 50-year-old plantation at the end of Page Creek
Road. The burn piles are from slash generated by the pole logging.
Directions to Page Creek Project Area: Take Takilma Road south, past the Dome School and turn Left on Page Creek Road. Go past the Out 'n' About Treehouse Resort and past several fields to where the forest starts. You will you see a group of vehicles in the field on the right. Park there and walk into the forest on the left side of the road.
Directions to Page Creek Project Area: Take Takilma Road south, past the Dome School and turn Left on Page Creek Road. Go past the Out 'n' About Treehouse Resort and past several fields to where the forest starts. You will you see a group of vehicles in the field on the right. Park there and walk into the forest on the left side of the road.
How to Make Biochar from a Burn Pile:
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| Stack wood in a loose pile or open rick |
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| Light it on top |
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| Top lighting makes a clean burn - barely any smoke |
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| When the pile collapse, it's time to quench |
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| Quench and save your biochar |
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