Educational Programs and Workshops
Idaho’s family forest landowners have diverse goals for their property. One common goal is to be good stewards.
Our educational programs and workshops are designed to increase the knowledge base that Idaho’s forestland owners and managers use to plan and implement natural resource management activities.
Find educational programs that help forestland owners and managers strengthen forest stewardship skills. Learn how to become an Idaho Master Forest Steward. Locate events that offer continuing education and certification credits for:
- Idaho Department of Agriculture pesticide recertification
- Idaho Pro-Logger program
- Society of American Foresters Certified Forester program
- Idaho schoolteachers (through the University of Idaho)
Check our calendar for specific dates.
Strengthening Forest Stewardship Skills events are designed to help family forest owners and those who work with them strengthen their forest stewardship skills. Below is a list of the upcoming University of Idaho Extension Forestry stewardship programs. Events details will be added as they are finalized. Check this page for updates or check the University of Idaho Extension calendar for more offerings.
2024 Program Calendar | PDF
*All programs are Pacific Standard Time unless otherwise noted.
Forestry Short Course
Registration Brochure | PDF
Register online here
St. Maries
- Wednesdays, June 12, 20, 26 & July 3, 10, 17 (9 a.m. to Noon)
Federal Building Meeting Room
Corner of 7th Street and College Avenue
$38 (pre-registration) per person
*Kootenai County short course held evenings in November and December annually. Contact the UI Extension office in Kootenai County in September for details.
Identifying Idaho's Trees
Registration Brochure | PDF
Moscow
- Wednesday, May 15 (5:30-7:30 p.m.)
Additional details will be available soon.
Women in the Woods
Register Today Online
Coeur d'Alene (workshop)
- Friday, April 5 (9 a.m. to 3 p.m.)
Idaho Department of Lands Sundance Room
3284 West Industrial Loop, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83815
$10 registration per person
Sandpoint (field day)
- Friday, May 10 (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
Pine Street Woods-Kaniksu Land Trust
11915 W Pine St, Sandpoint, ID 83864
$10 registration per person
Making and Using Biochar
North Central Idaho
- This program has unfortunately been cancelled for the 2024 Stewardship calendar year.
10 Acres and a Dream
Registration Brochure | PDF
Register Today Online
Post Falls
- Saturday, May 11 (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
University of Idaho Extension, Kootenai County
University of Idaho Research Park
958 S. Lochsa Street, Room 302
$15 (pre-registration) per person
Thinning and Pruning Field Day
Moscow
- Friday, May 24
Additional details will be available soon.
Post Falls
Registration Brochure | PDF
- Saturday, June 15
Additional details will be available soon.
Forest Owner Field Day
Southern Idaho, McCall/Cascade Basin
- Thursday, June 27 (in Valley County; exact location TBD)
Additional details will be available soon.
Eastern Idaho, Driggs
- Thursday, Aug. 1 (time TBD)
Additional details will be available soon.
Forest Insects & Disease Field Day
Orofino
- Friday, July 26 (time TBD)
Additional details will be available soon.
Coeur d'Alene
- Friday, Aug. 2 (time TBD)
Additional details will be available soon.
Turning Idaho Trees into Wreaths
New Meadows
- Wednesday, Nov. 16 (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
Orofino
- Saturday, Nov. 23 (10 a.m. to Noon)
- Saturday, Nov. 23 (1-4 p.m.)
Moscow
- Saturday, Nov. 30 (1:30-3:30 p.m.)
Latah County Fairgrounds, Middle Room
Post Falls
- Saturday, Dec. 7 (1-3 p.m.)
Additional N. Central Idaho Programs
Orofino (Contact the UI Extension office in Clearwater County or visit their website for details)
- Measuring Your Trees (Friday, April 19)
- Restoring Idaho Streams (Thursday, Aug. 22)
- Learning and Burning: Prescribed Fire (Friday, Oct. 11)
- Planning Your Forestry Estate (Friday, Nov. 8)
Location TBD (Contact Maddie Goebel at 208-885-9338 or mgoebel@uidaho.edu for details)
- Making and Using Biochar (April, date TBD)
- Where the Forest Meets the Range (Friday, Aug. 9)
- Forest Foraging (date and time TBD)
Idaho Master Forest Stewards receive over 70 hours of training, much of which consists of selected existing UI Extension programs many Idaho forest owners may have already completed (credit is given for previous attendance). Training includes several of the workshops listed in the 2023 Strengthening Forest Stewardship Skills calendar, indicated by (IMFS) at the end of the event description. But the program also includes new indoor and outdoor educational experiences designed to take participants to the next level of managing their forest and helping other forest owners to do the same. These one-day “IMFS core session(s)” are held at forested sites throughout northern Idaho to expose participants to a range of forest ecosystems.
Learn more about becoming a certified Idaho Master Forest Steward at the University of Idaho Extension Forestry Panhandle website or by calling Chris Schnepf at the University of Idaho Extension office in Kootenai County at 208-292-1288.
The Logger Education to Advance Professionalism (LEAP) program is a nationally acclaimed University of Idaho Extension program. It began at the request of loggers who want to improve their skills, document and market their services and communicate more effectively with family forest owners and managers. Credits are available to participants to fulfill continuing education requirements of the Idaho Pro-Logger Program.
LEAP 2024
Registration Brochure | PDF
Moscow (pre-register online)
- Tuesday, April 23 - Thursday, April 25
U of I Pitkin Forest Nursery
1025 Plant Science Road
$75 (pre-registration) per person
Post Falls (pre-register online)
- Tuesday, April 30 - Thursday, May 2
University of Idaho Extension, Kootenai County
University of Idaho Research Park
958 South Lochsa Street
Classroom 302
$75 (pre-registration) per person
LEAP Update is an annual opportunity for loggers to build on LEAP with in-depth training on forestry topics. The program also helps loggers meet Idaho Pro-Logger BMP training and continuing education requirements. For more information on the Idaho Pro-Logger program and credit requirements, contact the Associated Logging Contractors of Idaho (ALC) at 208-667-6473.
LEAP Update 2024
Check back for 2025 dates.