by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Feb 10, 2021 | News
When the Woodhead Fire broke out near Cambridge, Id. in early September and moved toward the town of Council, state forestry officials began evaluating and analyzing salvage operations for the timber damaged by the nearly 100,000 acre fire before it was even put out....
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Jan 13, 2020 | News
Contractors in central Idaho are working two salvage timber sales totaling almost 2,000 acres filled with trees damaged by the Douglas-fir tussock moth infestation in the Packer John State Forest. The Idaho Department of Lands sold the dead and dying timber in two...
by Web Editor | Apr 4, 2018 | News, News/PR
Forests know no jurisdictional bounds. Insects, fire, and disease spread quickly without a thought to who has authority to stop them. So to be successful, efforts to manage forest health, and its impacts on people and critters, can’t focus on who owns what. That’s...
by Web Editor | Jul 17, 2017 | News, News/PR
Approximately 300 acres of prime forest and wildlife habitat at the foot of Hall Mountain near Bonners Ferry in northern Idaho was conserved recently by The Nature Conservancy and the Idaho Department of Lands (IDL). The Hall Creek Forest property, purchased by the...
by Web Editor | Nov 12, 2014 | News, News/PR
Wildfires scorched nearly 1.5 million acres in Oregon, Washington and Idaho this year. And with increased demand for timber from lumber mills, there is a growing market for scorched trees. Time is of the essence in post-fire salvage. Fungus, bugs and rot degrade dead...