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Senator pitches $1 million pilot to buy air curtain burners for biochar from forest fuels
Summary
Senate heard testimony supporting a $1 million pilot grant to let the Oregon Department of Forestry buy mobile air-curtain burners for on-site conversion of woody debris to biochar, which proponents say can reduce smoke and create soil amendment while helping fuels-reduction work.
Salem — Lawmakers heard detailed testimony Feb. 10 supporting Senate Bill 355, a proposal to appropriate $1 million from the general fund to the Oregon Department of Forestry for a pilot grant program to purchase air curtain burners for biochar production and fuels-management work.
Senator David Brock Smith, who represents coastal and southwest Oregon, described air curtain burners as mobile insulated fireboxes that use forced air to create high combustion temperatures, reducing smoke and…
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