U-Idaho Helping to Build the Best Defense Against a “Cyber Pearl Harbor”
Posted: Monday, October 15 2012
By Donna Emert POST FALLS/COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho -- American intelligence agencies have concluded that Iran is behind a recent barrage of network attacks on computers across the Saudi oil industry and US banks. In light of the attacks, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the US risks a “cyber Pearl Harbor.” In the 21st Century, cyber security breaches are one of the greatest threats to government...
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Science | Computer Science | News Release | Northern Idaho | Post Falls | Computer Science

Growing Recreation and Tourism in North Idaho
Posted: Tuesday, October 2 2012
By Donna Emert COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — Idaho overnight visitors statewide spent more than $1.8 billion in 2008, and in Kootenai County alone, recreation and tourism employs nearly 14 percent of the work force.  To support this growing sector of the region’s economy, University of Idaho Coeur d’Alene is introducing a Recreation and Tourism Speaker Series this October, featuring experts with i...
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Coeur d' Alene | News Release | Northern Idaho | Kootenai County | Recreation | Recreation

Registrations due Sept. 7 for GPS Workshop in St. Maries
Posted: Monday, August 27 2012
ST. MARIES -- A Global Positioning System or GPS receiver is becoming as common to work and play in forests as a compass. A University of Idaho Extension Forestry workship planned Sept. 14 at St. Maries focuses on helping users who feel they are only using a small portion of their GPS receiver's capabilities.  The University of Idaho Extension “Using Your GPS” pr...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | Northern Idaho | Extension | Bonner County | Forestry | Kootenai County | Latah County

U-Idaho Extension Water Quality Monitoring Workshop Set at Moscow Sept. 7
Posted: Monday, August 20 2012
MOSCOW – A one-day workshop planned Sept. 7 will offer training to anyone interested in monitoring and protecting water quality in streams and lakes. More than 100 volunteers have already qualified as master water stewards through similar workshops offered by the IDAH2O program sponsored by University of Idaho Extension. Workshop participants learn water quality monitoring ...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | Northern Idaho | Extension | Latah County

Registrations due July 12th for Forest Root Disease workshop in Hayden, Idaho
Posted: Tuesday, July 3 2012
HAYDEN, Idaho -- A two-day workshop, "Root Disease: The Hidden Menace," is planned July 19-20 at to help forest owners, loggers and natural resource professionals better diagnose root disease issues and manage forests in ways that reduce root disease impacts. Registrations are due July 12. Root diseases are the primary tree killer on two-thirds of northern Idaho forests. ...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | Northern Idaho | Extension | Forestry | Kootenai County

Where Will Our Water Take Us?
Posted: Monday, July 2 2012
By Donna Emert SANDPOINT, Idaho – Globally, the health of our water is fast becoming the 21st century’s pivotal scientific and social issue. That also holds true locally and regionally. To explore the future of Idaho’s water, Upward Bound Math Science and the University of Idaho Sandpoint are offering area middle school and high school students a three-day, Science, Technol...
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Water Resources | News Release | Northern Idaho | Environmental Science & Water Resources | Idaho Water Resources Research Institute | Sandpoint

U-Idaho Extension to Deliver Master Water Steward Training to Sandpoint and Boise
Posted: Monday, July 2 2012
By Donna Emert COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – University of Idaho Extension’s Master Water Steward program, IDAH2O, got a boost in 2012 with a $77,000 EPA Environmental Education grant. The funding will allow the popular citizen-science training to reach more Idahoans. The grant also funds the development of an online web mapping service to host water monitoring da...
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Water Resources | News Release | Southern Idaho | Northern Idaho | Environmental Science & Water Resources | Extension | Water Resources | Idaho Water Resources Research Institute | Sandpoint

U-Idaho Coeur d’Alene Commencement Speaker Reed Urges 2012 Grads to Celebrate the Positive, “Find the Pony”
Posted: Wednesday, May 9 2012
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – Longtime Coeur d’Alene attorney Scott Reed delivered a brief commencement address that began with a humorous insight, and he continued to deliver them to new graduates throughout the ceremony Monday night. “This is a happy occasion for all of you,” Reed said. “But, a year or so later, when a graduate is asked what is the most forgettable event surrounding his or ...
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Coeur d' Alene | Alumni | News Release | Northern Idaho | Registrar | Provost | Duane Nellis

Office of Technology Transfer Recognizes Innovators, Stimulates Economy
Posted: Friday, March 23 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho –Taxes, regulations, legal jargon and a tough economy make it difficult to translate even the best business ideas into cash. But this week, the University of Idaho celebrated the successes of one of its own – John Shovic, chief technology officer of Coeur d’Alene-based InstiComm, LLC. Shovic was honored with the Outstanding Alumni Innovator Award for more than 26 years of...
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Coeur d' Alene | News Release | Northern Idaho | Technology Transfer

"Backyard Forests" Workshop Planned in Coeur d'Alene
Monday, February 13 2012 at 6:00 PM
Homeowners with five acres or less of forestland do not usually want to manage them intensively for timber harvest. Most owners of these “backyard forests” are primarily interested in keeping their trees healthy and attractive. Unfortunately, many homeowners do not consider doing anything actively until backyard forest trees are visibly suffering from some kind of insect or disease problem. By the...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | Northern Idaho | Extension | Bonner County | Kootenai County