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  • June 5, 2026

    Biochar Application: Putting It All Together

    By Zack Shier, BCMA, and Lindsey Purcell, BCMA

    Reduction of excess soil and mulch around a young tree trunk. All photos courtesy of the authors. The information in our first article (published in the March 2026 issue of TCI Magazine) hopefully established biochar as a scientifically [...]

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  • April 7, 2026

    Rebuilding Urban Soils: How Arborists Can Best Use Biochar

    By Zack Shier, BCMA, and Lindsey Purcell, BCMA

    Photo by Rene Notenbomer/iStock In Part I of this series on the application of biochar into urban soils (published in the March 2026 issue), we discussed how research science clearly supports biochar as a powerful soil enhancement. However, [...]

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  • Arborists and Biochar
    March 16, 2026

    Rebuilding Urban Soils: What Arborists Need to Know About Biochar

    By Zack Shier, BCMA, and Lindsey Purcell, BCMA

    A large-chip biochar, showing the carbon framework of tree rings. Photo courtesy of Zack Shier. Urban forests are critical to the resilience and sustainability of our cities and towns, offering ecosystem services such as temperature regulation, air and [...]

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