2022 Idaho Forest Stewardship Educational Programs

Roughly 40 percent of the forests in Boundary, Bonner, Kootenai, and Benewah counties are owned by family forest owners. Over the next year, University of Idaho Extension is again conducting a series of 30 forestry educational programs at over 40 locations throughout Idaho, to help strengthen family forest owners' abilities to manage their forest land and to meet their goals.

Topics in this year’s Strengthening Forest Stewardship Skills series include: forest management planning, forest ecology, homesteading, forest insects and disease, tree identification, tree planting, backyard forestry, thinning, pruning, stream restoration, and more.

Calendars listing specific program dates and locations are available at local University of Idaho Extension offices and can be downloaded at uidaho.edu/extension/forestry/programs - click on “Strengthening Forest Stewardship Skills.”

Detailed information on each of the programs is posted on the University of Idaho Extension Forestry website six weeks ahead of each program. For more information on specific sessions in the series, contact Chris Schnepf at 208-292-2525, Audra Cochran 208-885-7718, Randy Brooks at 208-885-9663, or Bill Warren at 208-476-4434.

Strengthening Forest Stewardship Skills is part of the Idaho Forest Stewardship Program, a cooperative effort of University of Idaho Extension, the Idaho Department of Lands, U.S. Forest Service, and many other agencies and organizations. Here are some of the upcoming courses in our area. More courses dates and times can be found at www.uidaho.edu.

Wednesday, March 9: LEAP Update - Coeur d'Alene 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Location: Best Western Plus Coeur d'Alene Inn, 506 W. Appleway Ave, Cœur d'Alene. Logger Education to Advance Professionalism (LEAP) Update. The registration cost is $48 online or $45 check/cash at uidaho.edu. The registration deadline is March 1, 2022.

Thursday, March 10: LEAP Update - Bonners Ferry 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Boundary County Fairgrounds, Bonners Ferry. Logger Education to Advance Professionalism (LEAP) Update. The registration cost is $48 online or $45 check/cash. The registration deadline is March 1, 2022.

Tuesday - Thursday, April 19-21: Logger Education to Advance Professionalism - Post Falls

8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Location: UI Extension, Kootenai County, 958 S. Lochsa St. Room 302, Coeur d'Alene. Logger Education to Advance Professionalism (LEAP) – The registration cost is $79 per person and $55 for each additional crew member. The registration deadline is April 8, 2022.

Saturday, March 26: Successful Tree Planting 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Bonners Ferry

Thursday, Aug. 25: Restoring Idaho Streams, Bonners Ferry

Registration for all courses is online at https://www.uidaho.edu/extension/forestry/calendar. There are numerous classes throughout the year.