Registration Open for Forest Owners Field Day on Saturday
June 13, 2023
MOSCOW, Idaho — The Idaho Forest Owners Association and the University of Idaho Experimental Forest will host the 2023 Forest Owners Field Day Saturday, June 17, at the Big Meadow Field Station on Tamarack Road in Troy. The event is open to the public.
Local landowners and other members of the public can learn about forests and forestry, with access to over 15 educational stations that focus on forest insects, disease, forest road maintenance, building recreational trails, protecting streams, managing for wildlife, using lidar to develop individual tree property maps and fire preparedness on Moscow Mountain.
The lunch presentation will include local forest and wildfire history on the Palouse Range, including map displays of the largest wildfire that burned on Moscow Mountain in 1931. Live music will be provided by local musicians Chelsea Llewelyn and Maggie Keefe of The Chelseas accompanied by Will Fontane.
Registration is $35 per person or $45 per family. Register online, where a list of demonstration topics is available.
Media Contact
Rob Keefe
Director, U of I Experimental Forest
208-310-0269
cnr-uief@uidaho.edu
About the University of Idaho
The University of Idaho, home of the Vandals, is Idaho’s land-grant, national research university. From its residential campus in Moscow, U of I serves the state of Idaho through educational centers in Boise, Coeur d’Alene and Idaho Falls, nine research and Extension centers, plus Extension offices in 42 counties. Home to nearly 11,000 students statewide, U of I is a leader in student-centered learning and excels at interdisciplinary research, service to businesses and communities, and in advancing diversity, citizenship and global outreach. U of I competes in the Big Sky and Western Athletic conferences. Learn more at uidaho.edu.