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St. Louis Park | On Site Biochar Demonstration

  • Westwood Hills Nature Center 8300 West Franklin Avenue St. Louis Park, MN, 55426 United States (map)

St Louis Park, Westwood Hills Nature Center and Great River Greening are partnering to host a Biochar Demonstration. Great River Greening will demonstrate processing wood waste from buckthorn with biochar kilns at Westwood Hills Nature Center. 

  • GRG staff will be onsite running two kilns 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 Oregon and Ring of Fire kilns

  • Who should attend: natural resource professionals and fire professionals.

Day of: Please arrive promptly, allowing time for parking and a short walk.

Safety: Ensuring safety is our highest priority. It is important that event participants wear close-toed shoes and long sleeves to protect against the elements. We recommend dressing for the weather; layers are key.

Release of Liability: All attendees at Great River Greening events release Great River Greening and its employees, officers, directors, or agents from any and all liability from claims of any nature whatsoever arising from participation to the extent such liability is directly attributable to the negligence of GRG, or its respective employees, officers, directors, or agents.

Questions: Contact Great River Greening's Conservation Director, Todd Rexine, at trexine@greatrivergreening.org.

Learn more about Great River Greening at www.greatrivergreening.org

This event is possible thanks to our funders and partners:

Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund.

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 

St. Louis Park City

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