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.
Download the complete Strengthening Forest Stewardship Skills: 2022 calendar (pdf)
*All programs are Pacific Standard Time unless otherwise noted.
Landscaping for Fire Prevention
- 2023 Program Information Coming Soon.
Forest Insects and Disease Field Day
- 2023 Program Information Coming Soon.
Restoring Idaho Streams
- 2023 Program Information Coming Soon.
Forestry Shortcourse
- Post Falls
- Six Tuesday evenings, November 1, 8, 15, 29 & December 6, 13 2022
- 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
- UI Extension – Kootenai County Office, 958 S Lochsa Street, Room 302
- Registration Brochure | pdf
- $38 per person ($120 for UI credit)
- Kootenai County
- Held evenings in Nov. & Dec. annually. Contact the UI Extension office in Kootenai County in September for details.
Planning Your Forestry Estate
- Moscow
- Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022
Turning Idaho Trees into Wreaths
- Moscow
- Friday, Nov. 18, 2022
Current Topics in Forest Health
- Coeur d’Alene
- Friday, December 16, 2022
- 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
- North Idaho College — Meyer Health & Science Building, Room 106
- Registration Brochure | pdf
- $26 per person
- Kootenai County
- Held every December in Kootenai & Clearwater counties. Contact UI Extension office in those counties in November 2023 for details.
Family Foresters Workshop
- Spokane, WA
- Friday, January 27, 2023
- 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Doubletree Hotel — Spokane City Center, 322 North Spokane Falls Court, Spokane, WA
- Registration Brochure | PDF
- $110 per person ($120 after January 20)
- UI/WSU Family Foresters Workshop
Additional N. Central Idaho Programs
Contact the UI Extension office in Clearwater County or visit their website for details.
- Climate Change and Salmon in the Snake River Basin
- Introduction to Forest & Land Management
- Managing for Forest Resiliency
- Wildfire Risk Reduction
- Forest Owners Peer Learning Tour
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 2020-2021 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 208-446-1680.
Idaho Master Forest Stewards 2022
- IMFS Fall Gathering, Orofino, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022
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.
Don't forget to sign-up for a Logger First Aid and Safety Training course
This class is a required component of the Idaho Pro-Logger continuing education program. Registration is required this year.
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.
2022 LEAP Update classes have been completed. Please check back in January 2023 for the 2023 LEAP Update class dates and locations.
If you are still in need of Idaho Pro-Logger continuing education credits for 2022, please contact the Idaho ALC office 208-667-6473 or visit Idaho Loggers website.
Don't forget to sign-up for a Logger First Aid and Safety Training course
This class is a required component of the Idaho Pro-Logger continuing education program. Registration is required this year.
Register at idahologgers.com/training-info.