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Rocky Mountain Research Station

Rocky Mountain Research Station

The Rocky Mountain Research Station works at the forefront of science to improve the health and use of our Nation's forests and grasslands.

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 We are actively working on and improving our new website - with new content being added regularly. Feel free to look around - we have many new features and great products. Thank you for your patience while we get up and running.

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  • The CharBoss, turned on and transforming slash into biochar, with Air Burners, Inc engineer Burke Powers managing the output of biochar in the back of the machine. USDA Forest Service photo by Timothy Nicosia.

    Bringing biochar to a forest near you: In-woods biochar production using the CharBoss

    March 6, 2023
    The Rocky Mountain Research Station, in cooperation with University of Idaho College of Natural Resources and Air Burners, Inc., co-hosted a demonstration of the brand new CharBoss at the University of Idaho Experimental Forest on January 13th, 2023. Representatives from federal, state, local, and Tribal organizations were on-site to see the CharBoss in action.
  • Two people with backs to the camera looking out and pointing at a forest landscape

    Deception Creek Experimental Forest: A legacy of research

    February 16, 2023
    Located in the Idaho Panhandle, Deception Creek is one of 84 USDA Forest Service experimental forests and ranges. Spanning from Alaska to Arkansas, experimental forests and ranges are designated areas for scientific research and make up the largest and longest-lived ecological research network in the nation. A new video features Deception Creek Experimental Forest as a living laboratory for forest-related science.
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