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Join Great River Greening in cooperation with the Stearns County Parks. Great River Greening will be on site demonstrating and discussing the use of biochar kilns, and how brush piles and wood waste are processed into biochar.

GRG staff will be onsite running big box flame cap and ring of fire kilns, converting waste wood into biochar, answering questions/educate on biochar, its uses, and how the kilns work.

GRG Staff will walk attendees through the process of managing a kiln from loading to ignition to feeding to quenching.

Demonstration will be with Big Box and Ring of Fire kilns.

The City of Brainerd and Great River Greening are partnering to host a Biochar Demonstration at Rotary Riverside Park:

• Live demonstration converting buckthorn wood waste into biochar using on site kilns
• GRG staff will be onsite running the kiln and answer questions/educate on biochar, its uses and how flame capped kilns work
• GRG Staff will walk participants through the process of managing a kiln from loading to ignition to quenching
• Demonstration will be with Big Box and Ring of Fire kilns

This workshop is specifically for technical staff and planners from SWCDs and NRCS who are looking for advanced training on irrigation practices. The two day workshop, which is be a mix of classroom and in field demonstrations on irrigation practices, has attendees work hands on to develop a plan for Irrigation Water Management (CPS 449). A goal of the workshop is that attendees will increase their readiness to pursue Job Approval Authority (JAA) for irrigation practices.