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Strengthening Forest Stewardship Skills

Idaho has abundant forest land. Many people do not realize that over 2 million acres (11% of Idaho’s forests) are owned and managed by thousands of non-industrial private owners.

Each landowner has unique goals for his or her forest property, ranging from timber income to simply "a place to get away from it all". However, one goal common to most forest landowners is to steward their forest land, for their own goals and future generations. The educational programs listed here are designed to help private forest owners and those who work with them strengthen their forest stewardship skills.


Landscaping for Fire Prevention

This program helps forest homeowners make their homesite less likely to burn and easier for firefighters to access, in the event of a local forest fire. Sessions of this program can be scheduled for interested groups of 10 or more. To make arrangements, please contact: Chris Schnepf (Idaho Panhandle) at (208) 446-1680 or Randy Brooks (North-Central Idaho) at (208) 476-4434.


Forestry Shortcourse
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This multi-session program enriches family forest owners' basic understanding of forest ecology, silviculture, insects, disease, goal setting, record keeping, and other forest stewardship issues. In the process, participants work on a management plan for their forest (2 UI credits available)

Sandpoint, Six Wednesday mornings, June 10 - July 15, 2009 (9:00 am to 12:00 pm)


Using your GPS
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A Global Positioning System or “GPS” is becoming as common to work and play in forests as a compass. This one day program will introduce participants to the science underlying GPS use, and feature field exercises to acquaint them with basic talks that can be done with a GPS, such as measuring acreages of tree planting units. 

St. Maries, Friday, July 10, 2009 (9:00 am to 4:30 pm)


Backyard Forests
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This program will help homeowners with less than five acres of forestland apply basic forest management concepts to “home landscape” forests.   

Bonners Ferry, Wednesday, June 10, 2009 (6:30 pm to 9:30 pm)


Pruning to Restore White Pine
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This indoor/field program will help you reduce white pine mortality from blister rust. It will cover blister rust disease cycles, blister rust hazard assessment, canker identification, and blister rust pruning methods.

Coeur d’Alene, Friday June 19, 2009 (8:00 am to 4:00 pm)

 


Thinning and Pruning Field Day
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This program will feature 2-3 hours indoors discussing basic concepts of thinning and pruning, followed by a hands-on field tour, to learn about thinning, pruning, forest genetics, and chainsaw safety firsthand.                  

Orofino, Friday, June 26, 2009 (8:00 am to 5:00 pm)
St. Maries, Saturday, June 27, 2009 (8:00 am to 5:00 pm)


Managing Forest Organic Debris
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There is growing discussion about leaving more material in the woods for forest nutrition. But how do you minimize fire or insect hazards? This program will feature cutting-edge science on forest organic debris, followed by a tour of slash treatment experiments on the historic Priest River Experimental Forest.

Orofino, Friday, July 17, 2009  (8:00 am to 5:00 pm)


Adaptive Silviculture on the McGovern Forest
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Dr. Karol Stoszek is an emeritus professor with the UI Dept. of Forest Resources who has long advocated approaches to silviculture that maximize flexibility in response to small scale variations in stand and site conditions. He has been experimenting with these approaches on the McGovern Forest., a property donated to the University of Idaho to demonstrate family forest management alternatives. This field day will be spent in the woods with Karol observing and discussing his adaptive silviculture treatments.           

Coeur d’Alene, Friday, July 17, 2009 (8:00 am to 5:00 pm)


Forest Insects & Disease Field Day
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This program will feature a full day giving participants first-hand contact to the variety of insects and diseases that can affect forest growth and health, integrated with discussions of related management strategies.                  

Moscow, Friday, July 24, 2009, (8:00 am to 5:00 pm)
Bonners Ferry
, Friday, July 31, 2009 (8:00 am to 5:00 pm)