Soldier Summit - Forestry Practices Tour

Location: Soldier Summit, UT

Background

Twenty-eight participants attended the Timber Harvest Tour, where Douglas-fir and aspen were pyrolyized in simple, low-cost kilns and made into biochar as part of a forest health improvement project.

Objective

The objectives of these projects are to introduce a new method for making biochar that is portable, low-cost, and widely accessible. By introducing this technique to the Utah wildland fire community, arborists, Extension agents, loggers and landowners as a means of hazardous fuels reduction, the UBRG hopes to encourage the use of kilns for making biochar and as a result, reduce hazardous fuels in Utah. 

Partners

Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, Lone Peak Conservation Center, Intermountain Society of American Foresters, Utah Biomass Resources Group