Panhandle Area Family Forests
Prepared by Chris Schnepf, an area Extension educator, specializes in forestry (UI Extension, January 2013). Ownership and harvest data from Idaho Department of Lands (IDL). Values estimated at $400/MBF for mill delivered logs and $600/MBF for milled products.
Family forests are those owned and managed by individual families rather than the U.S. Forest Service, the State of Idaho or forest product companies. They are vital to the Idaho Panhandle for low elevation wildlife habitats, water quality, supply for local lumber mills, recreation and many other shared benefits.
Benewah County
- Total Forested Land: 485,460 acres (96 percent of county)
- Family Forest Land: 252,000 acres
- Number of Family Forest Owners: 2,503 owners (more than 5 acres)
- Average annual Family Forest Timber Harvest: 34,669,806 bd. ft.
- Value of annual Family Forest Timber Harvest: $13,867,922 mill delivered, $20,801,884 milled products
Forest Ownership in Benewah County
Boundary County
- Total Forested Land: 636,861 acres (78 percent of county)
- Family Forest Land: 109,110 acres
- Number of Family Forest Owners: 2,432 owners (more than 5 acres)
- Average annual Family Forest Timber Harvest: 23,576,207 bd. ft.
- Value of annual Family Forest Timber Harvest: $9,430,483 mill delivered, $14,145,724 milled products
Forest Ownership in Boundary County
Bonner County
- Total Forested Land: 911,288 acres (82 percent of county)
- Family Forest Land: 360,281 acres
- Number of Family Forest Owners: 9,215 owners (more than 5 acres)
- Average annual Family Forest Timber Harvest: 55,997,451 bd. ft.
- Value of annual Family Forest Timber Harvest: $22,398,981 mill delivered, $33,598,471 milled products
Forest Ownership in Bonner County
Kootenai County
- Total Forested Land: 614,767 acres (77 percent of county)
- Family Forest Land: 260,264 acres
- Number of Family Forest Owners: 9,513 owners (more than 5 acres)
- Average annual Family Forest Timber Harvest: 52,946,534 bd. ft.
- Value of annual Family Forest Timber Harvest: $21,178,614 mill delivered, $31,767,920 milled products
Forest Ownership in Kootenai County
