Siskiyou County Fuel Reduction, Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Soil Health Amendment Demonstration Project
Project Overview
Basics
Siskiyou County Fuel Reduction, Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Soil Health Amendment Demonstration Project
- Address Climate Change and Extreme Event Effects, Impacts and Vulnerabilities
- Develop, Collect and Analyze Data at a Variety of Spatial Scales to Inform Priority Projects/Actions
- Ensure that Disadvantaged and Underrepresented Communities Benefit from Initiatives
- Respect Local Autonomy and Local Knowledge in NCRP Planning and Implementation
NCRP RFFC Demonstration Projects R2
Completed
The Scott River Watershed Council will create a biochar demonstration project on private forested land in the Scott Valley. The project will demonstrate the creation of biochar using innovative large scale and efficient carbonator technology. The demonstration will reduce smoke and greenhouse gasses (GHG) from a fuel reduction treatment on over 80 acres around the City of Etna and create value-added biochar which will be provided to local agricultural producers as a soil amendment. The production of biochar will be evaluated for economic feasibility, quality, scale, and market demand. The project includes a workshop to introduce scalable biochar production and application to the region.
2019
2020
2022
7/12/2024
Project Attributes
General Information
Project Description Narrative (1,000 character limit)
The project will test the economic feasibility of creating biochar on a large scale as a way to address healthy forest management, reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) and smoke, and sequester carbon in soil. It will demonstrate the creation of biochar using innovative large scale and efficient carbonator technology on private forested land in the Scott Valley. The demonstration will utilize biomass produced by a CCI-funded fuels reduction project being performed on over 80 acres around the City of Etna that would otherwise be burned. Instead, value-added biochar will be provided to local agricultural producers as a soil amendment.
Data will be collected and analyzed to evaluate feasibility, quality, scale, and market demand. This data will be shared as part of a demonstration workshop introducing the local public to the potential applicability and benefits of biochar.
Solutions
Capacity - Demonstration Projects, Climate Action - Emissions Reduction, Fire Resilient Forests - Forest Biomass Residuals, Fire Resilient Forests - Fuel Management
Spatial Information
Tribal Region
None
Project Size (Acres)
80
acres
Location
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Project Benefit Performance Measures
Expected Project Benefit Performance Measures
| Agricultural heritage preservation | Working land category: Farming | 1 count |
| Agricultural soil improved | Method: Biochar | 1 acres |
| Biomass Utilization | Type: Biochar | 36 tons |
| Capacity Enhancement - # of projects | 1 count | |
| Education & Outreach - # of events | 1 | |
| Environmental justice and social equity - # of projects | Activity focus: Capacity building | 1 count |
| Jobs created or retained (FTE) | 1 |
Reported Project Benefit Performance Measures
| Agricultural heritage preservation | ||
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| Working land category | 2022 | Units |
| Farming | 1 | count |
| Total | 1 | count |
| Agricultural soil improved | ||
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| Method | 2022 | Units |
| Biochar | 7.5 | acres |
| Total | 7.5 | acres |
| Biomass Utilization | ||
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| Type | 2022 | Units |
| Biochar | 46.67 | tons |
| Total | 46.67 | tons |
| Capacity Enhancement - # of projects | ||
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| 2022 | Units | |
| 1 | count | |
| Total | 1 | count |
| Education & Outreach - # of events | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Units | |
| 1 | number | |
| Total | 1 | number |
| Environmental justice and social equity - # of projects | ||
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| Activity focus | 2022 | Units |
| Capacity building | 1 | count |
| Total | 1 | count |
| Jobs created or retained (FTE) | ||
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| 2022 | Units | |
| 1 | number | |
| Total | 1 | number |
| No accomplishments to report for: | |
| Year(s): | 2020-2021 |
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| Explanation: | No accomplishments reported. |
Financials
Budget
| Comment: | None provided |
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Reported Expenditures
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matching Funds (Matching Funds) | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $74,399.00 | $74,399.00 |
| Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program (CA Dept of Conservation) | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $158,040.00 | $158,040.00 |
| Grand Total | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $232,439.00 | $232,439.00 |
| Note: | None provided |
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Project Types
Project Types
The project will collect data and report on outcomes.
The project engages the agricultural community in using the byproducts of fire fuel break improvements, increasing community capacity around climate resilience and multi-benefit projects.
This project will make 36 tons of biochar available to farmers for soil amendment. Adding biochar to the soil improves soil water holding capacity, thus improving overall watershed conditions.
By enhancing soil health, the project improves agricultural resiliency to drought and climate change. This project reduces GHGs released to the atmosphere and improves soil health through biochar amendment, which also sequesters carbon.
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Siskiyou County Fuel Reduction, Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Soil Health Amendment Demonstration Project
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