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Strengthening Forest
Stewardship Skills
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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.
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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.
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Forestry Shortcourse
See
flyer
for more information.
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)
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Using your GPS
See flyer
for more information.
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)
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Backyard Forests
See
flyer for more information.
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)
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Pruning to Restore White Pine
See
flyer
for more information.
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)
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Thinning and Pruning Field Day
See
flyer
for more information.
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)
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Managing Forest Organic Debris
See
flyer for more
information.
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)
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Adaptive Silviculture on the McGovern Forest
See
flyer for more information.
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)
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Forest Insects & Disease Field Day
See flyer for more
information.
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)
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