Calendar of Events
Our participants receive information in a variety of ways and from a multitude of resources. Titles highlighted in GOLD are linked to program flyers.
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| TBA | Hosted Webinars. Don't have high speed internet at home? We will be occasionally hosting nationally broadcasted webinars at local extension offices. We will post the details here. |
| TBA | LEAP Update, Southern Idaho. LEAP Updates deepen and expand the training provided in Logger Education to Advance Professionalism (LEAP). For more information contact Randy Brooks. |
| TBA | Ties to the Land. Additional session will be added throughout 2013. This workshop helps families accomplish succession and estate planning in a family-friendly way. It focuses on maintaining family ties to the land from generation to generation and building awareness of family business challenges. |
| 4/26 | Arbor Day! |
| May, 2013 | |
| 5/4 | Measuring Your Trees, St. Maries, ID. Saturday, May 4, 2013 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Forestry decisions require good information on species composition, density, and other forest characteristics. This program features 2-3 hours indoors learning how to measure trees, followed by hands-on measurement activities outdoors. |
| 5/9 | Idaho State Forestry Contest, Careywood, ID. |
| 5/10 | Using your GPS, Coeur d'Alene, ID. Friday, May 10, 2013 from 1:00 to 5:00 pm. This half-day program introduces participants to the science underlying Global Positioning Systems or "GPS", followed by field exercises on basic GPS tasks. |
| 5/11 | Using your GPS, Bonners Ferry, ID. Saturday, May 11, 2013 from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm. This half-day program introduces participants to the science underlying Global Positioning Systems or "GPS", followed by filed exercises on basic GPS tasks. |
| 5/15 | WEBINAR | The inclusion of wildlife attributes into fuel treatment planning and implementation. 10-11:30 a.m. MDT/9-10:30 a.m. PDT. This is the third webinar in the four-part webinar discussion series, Fuel Management Practices for Dry Mixed Conifer Forests in the Northwestern United States. The webinar series provides a forum for managers and scientists to discuss up-to-date information regarding the benefits, challenges, opportunities, and trade-offs among the different strategies and tools related to fuel treatment applications within dry mixed conifer forests of the western United States. |
| 5/18 | Fire Prevention in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI), Orofino, ID. Saturday, May 19, 2013 (tentative). Learn about fire behavior; landscaping and construction for fire resistance; firefighting techniques, policies, laws, and costs; insurance. May include a field trip. |
| June, 2013 | |
| 6/1 | Thinning and Pruning Field Day, Coeur d'Alene, ID. Saturday, June 1, 2013 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. This program includes 2-3 hours indoors, followed by a hands-on field tour to learn about thinning, pruning, forest genetics, and chainsaw safety. |
| 6/5 | WEBINAR | The economics of fuel treatments. 10-11:30 a.m. MDT/9-10:30 a.m. PDT. This is the final webinar in the four-part webinar discussion series, Fuel Management Practices for Dry Mixed Conifer Forests in the Northwestern United States. The webinar series provides a forum for managers and scientists to discuss up-to-date information regarding the benefits, challenges, opportunities, and trade-offs among the different strategies and tools related to fuel treatment applications within dry mixed conifer forests of the western United States. |
| 6/8 | Ties to the Land; Your Family Forest Heritage, Newport, WA. Saturday, June 8, 2013, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. CREATE Community Arts Center. 900 W. 4th Street, Newport, WA. This workshop helps families accomplish succession and estate planning in a family-friendly way. It focuses on maintaining family ties to the land from generation to generation and building awareness of family business challenges. |
| 6/13-14 | FIELD TRIP | Integrated fuel treatment field trip in Idaho. The Northern Rockies Fire Science Network and USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station invite you to an integrated fuel treatment field trip at the Priest River Experimental Forest in North Idaho. The field trip will focus on multidisciplinary research to help develop and evaluate alternative restoration/fuel treatments that are ecologically sound, socially acceptable, and economically viable. Scientists and managers will discuss these approaches and determine how they may meet some of the challenges managers face. Details are available on the Field Trip Registration Page. Lodging and meals will be covered. |
| 6/19 to 7/31 | Forestry Shortcourse, Sandpoint, ID. Six Wednesday mornings from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. This multi-session program enriches family forest owners' basic understanding of forest management planning, forest ecology, silviculture, insects, disease, goal setting, record keeping, and other forest stewardship topics. (2 UI credits available). |
| 6/21 | Idaho Master Forest Stewards 2013, Shoshone Base Camp, ID. Friday, June 21, 2013. This is Session 2 of the "core sessions" of the Idaho Master Forest Stewards Program. NOTE: Some locations may be adjusted to fit locations of 2013 participants. |
| 6/24-28 | Sustainable Forestry Tour, Post Falls, ID. Explore Idaho's Forests. A tour for teachers and school counselors of 3rd through 12th grades, especially those with emphasis in science, natural resources, vocational or agricultural education, economics and career counseling. 2 credits available. Application deadline is March 18, 2013. Apply today at www.idahoforests.org/tour.htm |
| July, 2013 | |
| 7/11-12 | Root Disease: The Hidden Menace, Hayden, ID. This program helps forest owners, loggers, and natural resource professionals identify, assess, and manage forests with root disease issues. Detailed agenda. |
| 7/13 | ID/WA Forest Owners Field Day, University of Idaho Experimental Forest, Latah Co., ID. Saturday, July 13, 2013. For more information contact the Idaho Forest Owners Association. |
| 7/19 | Thinning and Pruning Field Day, Moscow, ID. Friday, July 19, 2013 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. This program includes 2-3 hours indoors, followed by a hands-on filed tour to learn about thinning, pruning, forest genetics, and chainsaw safety. |
| 7/19 | Idaho Master Forest Stewards 2013, Priest River Experimental Forest, Priest River, ID. Friday, July 19, 2013. This is Session 3 of the "core sessions" of the Idaho Master Forest Stewards Program. NOTE: Some locations may be adjusted to fit locations of 2013 participants. |
| 7/19 | Forest Insects and Disease Field Day, Orofino, ID. Friday, July 19, 2013. Participants get a full day of first-hand contact with varied insects and diseases that affect forest growth and health, with discussions of related management strategies. |
| 7/20 | Forest Stewardship Field Tour, Moscow, ID. Saturday, July 20, 2013 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. This will be a tour of forest properties that have implemented a variety of cost-share forest management practices, including thinning, pruning, and tree planting. |
| August, 2013 | |
| 8/2 | Forest Insect and Disease Field Day, St. Maries, ID. Friday, August 2, 2013 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Participants get a full day of first-hand contact with varied insects and diseases that affect forest growth and health, with discussions of related management strategies. |
| September, 2013 | |
| 9/13 | Idaho Master Forest Stewards 2013, Cottonwood, ID. Friday, September 13, 2013. This is Session 4 of the "core sessions" of the Idaho Master Forest Stewards Program. NOTE: Some locations may be adjusted to fit locations of 2013 participants. |