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Idaho Forest Stewardship Educational Programs
UI Extension conducts a series of 14 forestry educational programs at 18 locations throughout northern Idaho to help strengthen family forest owners’ abilities to manage their forest land and meet their goals.
Calendars listing specific program dates and locations are available at local UI Extension offices. Detailed information on the programs will also be posted on the UI Extension Forestry website.
Topics in the Strengthening Forest Stewardship Skills series include:
- Forest management planning
- Tree planting
- Safe herbicide use in forestry
- Forest insects and disease
- Landowner successional planning
- Forest measurements
- Forestry education
- Backyard forestry
- Home wildfire protection
- Map and compass skills
- Thinning and pruning
- Global positioning systems (GPS)
- Free mapping programs for forest owners
Strengthening Forest Stewardship Skills is a part of the Idaho Forest Stewardship Program, a cooperative effort between UI Extension, the Idaho Department of Lands, U.S. Forest Service and many other agencies and organizations.
For more information on specific sessions, please contact Chris Schnepf at 208-446-1680, Randy Brooks at 208-885-9663 or Bill Warren at 208-476-4434.