USBC Webinar: Taming the Flame: Managing Forests, Protecting Homes, & Restoring Soils with Biochar

Across the American West, catastrophic wildfire seasons are destroying communities, degrading watersheds, and placing unprecedented strain on forest managers. Addressing this crisis requires a comprehensive strategy—one that connects proactive forest management, home fire resilience, and post-fire ecological recovery. Join the U.S. Biochar Coalition (USBC) for a 60-minute panel discussion exploring how biochar serves as a circular solution to wildland fire challenges. Learn how converting hazardous forest fuel loads into high-value biochar can thin high-risk timber stands, harden home defensible space under new regulations, and restore scorched, hydrophobic soils post-fire. What We'll Cover: Upstream Forest Management & Biomass Conversion: Overcoming economic and operational bottlenecks in timber thinning, converting hazardous slash piles into economic assets, and scaling regional wood waste processing. Defensible Space & Insurance Risk Reduction: Meeting California’s new Zone 0 (0–5 ft ember-resistant) landscaping rules, replacing flammable bark mulches with moisture-retaining biochar soil blends, and building pathways toward homeowner insurance discounts. Post-Wildfire Recovery & Soil Restoration: Processing fire-damaged timber using mobile pyrolyzers, jumpstarting vegetation recovery, and utilizing biochar to stabilize slopes and filter toxic runoff from scorched soils.