00:59:59 Donna Schenck-Hamlin: Feel free to write your questions for Kate while you listen... 01:10:34 Susie S (she/hers): Are there any volunteer groups that will step in for maintenance? Keeping invasives out 01:12:47 Elaine Giessel (she/her) Kansas Sierra Club: Are you planning for also saltwater intrusion with SLR? 01:17:56 Susie S (she/hers): Kate, WONDERFUL presentation 01:19:54 Blase Leven: Kate, please send the link to that carbon calculator tool! :) 01:20:42 Lee Skabelund: Kate, what are your favorite ecological restoration books or references? Have you worked with Biohabitats on projects? 01:21:50 Kate Kennen (Offshoots): There are 2 great carbon calculators we use when desining a project: 01:21:53 Kate Kennen (Offshoots): https://carbon-conscience.web.app/ 01:23:02 Kate Kennen (Offshoots): https://climatepositivedesign.com/pathfinder/ 01:23:18 Blase Leven: Thanks!! 01:24:33 Susie S (she/hers): Reacted to "Thanks!!" with 👍 01:25:38 Kate Kennen (Offshoots): Hi Everyone- I unfortunately need to leave because of a childcare snafu (so sorry!), but please feel free to email! k.kennen@northeastern.edu Thank you for including me! 01:27:54 Susie S (she/hers): Do the contaminants impact the ability to use the Miscanthus for fuel, mulch, etc? Or is the Miscanthus just maintained at the site with no harvesting? 01:41:59 Susie S (she/hers): This is fascinating. Thanks so much for the presentation! 01:42:03 Lee Skabelund: Is that 182,000 military sites? 01:44:26 Lee Skabelund: Note that Miscanthus is considered invasive in the U.S. https://www.invasiveplantatlas.org/subject.html?sub=3052#:~:text=Ecological%20Threat,fire%20risks%20of%20invaded%20areas. 01:45:57 Karim Al Souki: Miscanthus x giganteus (widely used for phytoremediation) is a sterile hybrid species 01:46:07 Karim Al Souki: It is not invasive 01:46:09 Susie S (she/hers): Reacted to "It is not invasive" with 👍 01:53:35 Lee Skabelund: True Karim. Very good point. I should have said that "some species of Miscanthus are considered to be invasive." M. x giganteus could be invasive if fertile varieties are used in locations outside its origins. www.invasive.org/browse/subinfo.cfm?sub=62054 01:59:09 Susie S (she/hers): Would it be the mining companies that would coordinate remediation? Or do they hire a third party? Who do you inform of your results? 02:00:48 Karim Al Souki: Reacted to "True Karim. Very goo..." with 👍 02:00:52 Valentina Pidlisnyuk: What is the typical approach for surface operation by the soil amendments? How to control the proportion in the field case? 02:00:57 Elaine Giessel (she/her) Kansas Sierra Club: Some biowastes are known to include PFAS. Do you characterize biosolid sources for potential contaminants before applying? 02:02:08 Valentina Pidlisnyuk: Mxg is not invasive. Miscanthus synensis can be invasive. 02:08:56 Susie S (she/hers): In total agreement with reducing sources of PFAS. Otherwise we are just admiring a problem 02:12:56 Lee Skabelund: The larger point about invasive species is that we need to be very careful about species used for whatever reasons as some can undermine our efforts to restore and maintain high quality native ecosystems. Karen Holl has an excellent discussion of invasive species in her book "Primer of Ecological Restoration" (published by Island Press in 2020). The Society for Ecological Restoration (www.ser.org) has many other excellent sources of information, dialogue, and guidance. 02:13:52 Gerry Snyder: Reacted to "The larger point abo..." with 👍 02:15:24 Susie S (she/hers): Reacted to "The larger point abo..." with 👍 02:17:07 Karim Al Souki: biochar topic is very controversial... It depends on the context to which it is introduced to, besides the properties of the biochar itself.. In certain cases, it has proved positive impacts and in other cases it demonstrated negative impacts.. 02:20:32 Susie S (she/hers): Do new mining efforts now include site restoration? Since we know how important it is? I hate that we have to resort to Superfund, etc. when we could hold them accountable from the beginning. 02:25:22 lawrence davis: Agencies often are working at cross-purposes. this is a major hindrance, as Kate hinted in her description of the Charle River 02:26:38 Lee Skabelund: Karim, what do you see as the negative impacts of biochar use? I'd like to know more about the pros and cons of biochar use. 02:26:57 lawrence davis: Remediation of landscapes may run into issues with authorities concerned about wildfires. this is a bigger problem as our climate chnges. Sequestration of carbon does not happen well if we burn it down every couple years 02:28:06 lawrence davis: Biochar production typically releases a lot of CO2 and only a small fraction of total C ends up in the useful char fraction 02:30:29 Susie S (she/hers): It seems like the people profiting should pay for restoration 02:30:57 lawrence davis: The honor system does not work well with mining. Look at West Virginia 02:31:55 Susie S (she/hers): Would propose that they fund that all along as deposit instead of coming up with money at the end :) 02:32:15 Elaine Giessel (she/her) Kansas Sierra Club: Same with oil and gas wells. Orphaned wells are an issue in KS. Taxpayers now paying to close them. Need to be fully bonded before installation/operations. 02:33:20 Karim Al Souki: Replying to "Karim, what do you s..." I would like to start by saying that I have launched experiments working with biochar and so far, results are promising, however, from the literature, several works were not in favor of the biochar utilization/application to soil. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304389421015764 check this link 02:34:08 lawrence davis: European nations, especially EU, have much more effective regulation of mining. Our free market capitalism lacks effective tools to enforce the equivalent controls 02:34:13 Gerry Snyder: Most mining still operates under the old 1872 mining law. Most attempts to add modern reclamation efforts have failed in congress. 02:34:19 Lee Skabelund: Thanks! 02:34:22 Susie S (she/hers): Reacted to "European nations, es..." with 👍 02:34:32 Susie S (she/hers): Reacted to "Most mining still op..." with 😞 02:35:04 Karim Al Souki: on the other hand, many papers stated positive impacts of biochar on plant biomass and carbon storage in soil...that's why I started by saying that the biochar topic is controversial 02:36:14 lawrence davis: Gerry Snyder hit the bullseye. 02:36:14 Susie S (she/hers): It is great to hear about the great research and it gives us hope. It is disheartening to see how hard to implement. 02:37:58 Karim Al Souki: 👍 02:39:22 lawrence davis: For large parts of the world, de-mining is a major issue. this is a whole session in and of itself. Restoring de-mined land into agriculture requires incredibly large investment. So long as we allow use of land mines into warfare, this will be an enormous impediment to full usage of our agricultural lands. 02:39:41 Susie S (she/hers): Reacted to "For large parts of t..." with 😞 02:40:20 Susie S (she/hers): The presentations were excellent and I learned so much today. THANK YOU! 02:42:13 lawrence davis: In the U.S., both M sinensis and M sacchariflorus are invasive in different regions. That cannot be disputed. It is well documented. Different sites treat it in different ways. 02:43:58 Noni Strand: Reacted to "The presentations we..." with 👏 02:45:07 Valentina Pidlisnyuk: we work with Miscanthus xgiganteus. 02:45:37 Karim Al Souki: Miscanthus × giganteus, also known as the giant miscanthus, is a sterile hybrid of Miscanthus sinensis and Miscanthus sacchariflorus 02:47:02 Lee Skabelund: Each Spring at K-State I teach LAR 354 – Landscape Restoration (where I introduce ecological restoration happening around the world, with a primary focus on the U.S.) 1 hr 50 min per week class with readings/discussion, precedents, and a quick restoration planning/design project (Thu 1:30-3:20pm; 1 cr. hour). Non LAs are welcome. 02:47:02 Paul: Thanks you very much. Have to sign off now. 02:47:59 Gerry Snyder: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-cherokee-county-kansas-superfund-site-receive-bipartisan-infrastructure 02:49:07 Karim Al Souki: Thank you all for this interesting session.. Have a great day 02:49:29 Valentina Pidlisnyuk: Thank you all for this event! Special thanks to Larry 02:49:30 Lee Skabelund: Great session; very glad it is recorded! 02:49:31 Noni Strand: Thank you!! 02:49:37 oral saulters: Thank you all for an informative, thought-provoking, and inspiring event! 02:49:39 Divine Tarla Bismarck, ND: Thank you so much