Biochar On Site

What if you could create biochar directly where organic waste is generated, transforming forestry residues, agricultural byproducts, and invasive species into a local climate solution? So that communities can reduce wildfire risks, improve soil health, and sequester carbon without the need for costly transportation or centralized facilities. For example, our Biochar On Site program teaches simple, scalable techniques like flame cap kilns, conservation burns, and air curtain burners to produce biochar that stays on site in the local environment, enhancing resilience and sustainability. That’s not all—our program empowers land managers with hands-on education, tools, and partnerships to turn waste into wealth, fostering greener jobs and stronger communities.

This program is intended to support forestry professionals, ecologists, fire service professionals, land managers, property owners, and similar. It includes monthly webinars and this online forum to assist the conversion of stranded biomass from fuels reduction and thinning to biochar which can be used in forest management in applications like revegetation and stream restoration. 

We are all learning from each other as we develop best practices together. Join the conversation!

Join our monthly video meetings the first Wednesday of each month at noon Pacific. The link for the meeting is published on the Biochar On Site forum. https://biochar.groups.io/g/Biocharinthewoods

Administrative Team:

Program Founder - Kelpie Wilson - Wilson Biochar Associates - https://RingOfFire.earth 
Program Directory - Korina Stark - https://CircularSpring.com 
Communications & Development - John Webster - https://GoBiochar.com -  john@gobiochar.com
 

                        JOIN THE FORUM!

Signing up for the Biochar On Site email list and web forum:
 
Please note, you do not have to sign up to view the posted discussions on the web interface.  You can visit the following link to view an archive of activity: https://biochar.groups.io/g/biocharinthewoods  
 
In order to participate in the discussion via email or by posting on the forum website there are a number of steps to follow. You have to be signed up for the biochar.groups.io group first. No exceptions. It is required by the program software platform to join sub-groups.


Step 1: Sign up for Google’s Groups.io

Start by signing up for https://groups.io which is a Google service. You can sign up for a new account tied to any email address you have or use an existing Google or Facebook account to sign in.
 
Step 2:  Join the main biochar group.

Sign up to be a member of the https://biochar.groups.io discussion group by clicking on 
the [ + Join This Group ] link.  
 
Step 3:  Configure your email biochar group settings.  
 
Now that you are signed up for biochar.groups.io you can choose if you want to receive emails from the group or not. We encourage you to participate in both but if you are only here for the BIW discussions you simply click on Subscriptions in the upper left of the browser window and select the "No Email" on the Email Delivery preferences for the main group and you will never get an email from the main list. Be sure to hit the Save button at the bottom of the page to establish your settings.  

When you do choose to get the group emails you can control when and how you receive them under these settings in Subscriptions. For those that prefer a less busy Inbox, we  highly recommend selecting “Daily Summary” as it tends to keep the email traffic to a minimum.  


Step 4:  Sign up for Biochar In The Woods forum.  
 
Now that you have signed up for the main group, time to sign up for the Biochar In The Woods sub-group;  https://biochar.groups.io/g/boicharinthewoods  It is not a publicly listed group so you have to follow this link directly to join.   
 
Step 5: Configure your email BIW group settings..  
 
This allows you to go to the biochar in the wood io site / settings / then under Email Delivery preferences and set your tolerance level for new emails from the group.  
 
That is it, you have completed the steps and can now view and participate in the discussion.

Remember, you do not have to sign up, you can simply visit the website when you wish to see content for Biochar In The Woods.