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Hoosier National Forest Experiments with Wood Harvest Debris (IN)

from The Associated Press via WLFI-TV, June 8, 2020

Hoosier National Forest Experiments with Wood Harvest Debris (IN) The Associated Press via WLFI-TV, June 8, 2020 Looking for ways to improve the soil in the Hoosier National Forest as well as better utilize woody debris left over after timber harvests led Chad Menke, a hydrologist with the U.S. Forest Service, to try something new: making biochar. It's something that is done on some Forest Service properties in the West, where there's more timber harvesting and a need to capture moisture and amend the soil. But the biochar produced by K&K Dirtworks of Evanston was the first that's been used in the Hoosier National Forest — and the first in the eastern region of the Forest Service. READ MORE

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