Primary Recipient

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$25,000.00

Award Date

9/24/2009

Administering Agency

Agriculture, Department of / Forest Service

CDFA Number

10.688

CDFA Program Title

Recovery Act of 2009: Wildland Fire Management

Description

Biochar pellets will be produced to determine their efficacy as a soil amendment in forestry recovery operations. Biochar from forest slash pyrolysis will be obtain from a commercial supplier and sent to the Composite Materials and Engineering Center(CMEC