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Contact Panhandle Forestry

University of Idaho Extension, Kootenai County

Mailing Address:
1250 West Ironwood Drive, Suite 107
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83814

Phone: 208-292-2525

Email: kootenai@uidaho.edu

Web: uidaho.edu/kootenai

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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
51% of forest acres in Benewah County are family forests. 23% are Federal lands, 16% owned by industry and 10% state lands.
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
62% of forest acres in Boundary County are Federal lands. 16% are family forests and 11% each are owned by industry and state lands.
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
39% of forest acres in Bonner County are family forests. 44% are Federal lands, 3% owned by industry and 14% state lands.
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
43% of forest acres in Benewah County are family forests. 43% are Federal lands, 11% owned by industry and 3% state lands.
Forest Ownership in Kootenai County

Contact Panhandle Forestry

University of Idaho Extension, Kootenai County

Mailing Address:
1250 West Ironwood Drive, Suite 107
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83814

Phone: 208-292-2525

Email: kootenai@uidaho.edu

Web: uidaho.edu/kootenai

Our People Google Maps