by Web Editor | Aug 12, 2015 | News, News/PR
The University of Idaho has a received an $825,000 from the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention to develop techniques to save the lives of those working in the woods. Researchers from the College of Natural Resources working in UI’s Experimental Forest will use...
by Web Editor | Feb 16, 2015 | News, News/PR
Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, introduced legislation Thursday that would reinstate timber payments for rural counties for three years. The bill, called the Secure Rural Schools and Payment in Lieu of Taxes Repair Act, would provide funding at 2011...
by Web Editor | Aug 19, 2013 | News, News/PR
When Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter met with U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell on Friday, Tidwell remarked at the fact that Idaho must have 14 million dead trees, which provides perfect fuel for severe wildfires. Governor Otter and Senator Jim Risch...