Woody Debris Management
There's no doubt about it - forestry can be messy.
There's also no doubt that dead trees play a crucial role in forest ecology, harboring woodpeckers and bats while standing dead, and countless insects, salamanders, and worms when they fall and begin turning back into soil that will grow its next of kin.
But when that debris gets in the way of other goals, there are safe and beneficial ways to intervene.
I can pile the brush after a tree harvest or timber stand improvement to funnel wildlife, provide cover for small game and non-game species, or simply pile for a bonfire - even on those sites where the tractor can't go.
I can also upcycle your woody debris. Using a portable kiln, I can turn your wood waste into approximately 1 cubic yard of char per day.
Once "charged," either by sitting in chicken litter (where it reduces ammonia), mixing with compost, soaking in compost tea, or incorporated into a manure slurry, the finished biochar can help build soils and act as a slow-release fertilizer, particularly in poor or degraded soils.
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