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Buffalo-Niagara Gardening ORIGINAL PUBLISHER

See biochar demonstration at Henry's Gardens, plus Easter fun for kids

Western New York / Newspaper / Digital

Regional gardening journalism previews the hands-on biochar demonstration in Eden, New York, naming Coalition board member John Maher among the presenters.

Featured: John Maher
Article & source notes

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FEATURED COVERAGE
Mountain Democrat ORIGINAL PUBLISHER

Smokeless fire? Biochar Symposium demonstrates flame-topped kiln

El Dorado County, California / Newspaper / Digital

Shelly Thorene reports on the flame-topped kiln demonstration at the November 6 biochar symposium and the on-site approach to converting woody material into biochar.

Featured: Biochar symposium participants
Article & source notes

Publication date and byline supplied from the original article; automated access restricted.

The Plumas Sun ORIGINAL PUBLISHER

Maidu Summit Consortium presents biochar exposition

Plumas County, California / Newspaper / Digital

A community news release covers the Maidu Summit Consortium's workforce exposition in partnership with Biochar Coalition, focused on flame-cap biochar and Dixie Fire recovery.

Featured: Biochar Coalition and Maidu Summit Consortium
Article & source notes

Publisher labels this item as a submitted press release, not independently reported coverage.

Buffalo-Niagara Gardening ARCHIVAL COVERAGE

Learn how to produce biochar in workshop at Henry's Gardens

Western New York / Newspaper / Digital

Regional gardening coverage of John Maher's biochar instruction at Henry's Gardens in Eden. An original-publisher article is documented, but its direct URL still needs recovery.

Featured: John Maher
Original link pending
Article & source notes

Indexed in the historical media record.

Buffalo-Niagara Gardening ORIGINAL PUBLISHER

Biochar can help your garden soil for eons; learn more at event in Eden

Western New York / Newspaper / Digital

Connie Oswald Stofko introduces biochar and a local education event, with a photograph credited to Biochar Coalition. A direct publisher page is available.

Featured: Biochar Coalition
Article & source notes

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KRCR-TV ARCHIVAL COVERAGE

Butte County Fire Safe Council and volunteers hold demonstration on biochar

Butte County, California / Television News

Local television coverage of a Paradise-area biochar demonstration and wildfire fuels reduction. It is independently referenced in a California Fire Safe Council news roundup.

Featured: Butte County Fire Safe Council and biochar practitioners
Original link pending
Article & source notes

The news report is independently referenced, but the original station link has not been recovered.

Valley News ARCHIVAL COVERAGE

It's a good burn: Biochar helps farmers get more life out of dead plants

Woodstock, Vermont / Newspaper / Digital

A Vermont newspaper feature documents Kenneth Scherer demonstrating a Ring of Fire kiln while conducting biochar education across the country.

Featured: Kenneth Scherer
Original link pending
Article & source notes

Reported title and date are preserved in the Coalition media record.

Granite Geek / Concord Monitor ARCHIVAL COVERAGE

Making biochar, one property at a time

New Hampshire and Vermont / Newspaper / Digital

Granite Geek highlights small-scale biochar production and amplifies reporting on Kenneth Scherer's Vermont demonstration trip.

Featured: Kenneth Scherer
Original link pending
Article & source notes

Article is documented in the media record; standalone original URL remains unverified.

KRCR-TV ARCHIVAL COVERAGE

Biochar demo illustrates more eco-friendly approach to biomass disposal

Butte County, California / Television News

Early television news coverage of Preston Englant demonstrating biochar production with Butte College and the Butte County Fire Safe Council in the Camp Fire recovery area.

Featured: Preston Englant
Original link pending
Article & source notes

Predates Biochar Coalition's formal formation. Retained as founding-member media history.

A note about the archives The Mountain Democrat, The Plumas Sun, and Buffalo-Niagara Gardening entries include original publisher links where recovered. Older KRCR, Valley News and Granite Geek reporting is included as documented coverage, with no misleading substitute link. A newsroom post marked as a published release is identified separately from staff reporting. Some publishers require a subscription.
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