A Pictorial Review of The Hope Mine Biochar Restoration Project 2010 - 2012 - YouTube

Published on Aug 10, 2012 by Morgan Williams

This short presentation gives an overview of Morgan Williams and Andrew Harley's biochar restoration work at The Hope Mine in Colorado. In 2010, the team installed the world's first fully scaled biochar mine reclamation trial at an historic silver mine 7 miles outside of Aspen, Colorado. Blended biochar soil amendments (made from dead pine trees), were applied to the mine waste rock piles to increase moisture retention and re-vegetate the steep slopes at the site (zero irrigation, 35 degree slopes, 8,000+ feet in elevation, and only 80 continuous frost free days).

The film offers a short pictorial review of project results to date. Both qualitative and quantitative measurements will continue indefinitely.

See www.biocharsolutions.com for more information.

Project partners include: The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, For The Forest, The US Forest Service, Pitkin County, and Flux Farm.