by Web Editor | Jun 23, 2017 | News, News/PR
Bark beetle problems continue to worsen on Northern Idaho forest lands, a university forester says. Drought stress from several years ago has led to the increased pressure now, said Chris Schnepf, University of Idaho Extension forester in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Western...
by Web Editor | Oct 16, 2015 | News, News/PR
The Idaho logging and wood products industries struggle with volatile prices and a sharply reduced amount of timber available for harvest on federal lands compared with a generation ago. But Idaho wood is still a moneymaker, and recent trend lines are mostly positive,...
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 | Jun 27, 2014 | News, News/PR
Trudging through a densely planted patch of hardwoods in spitting rain, Ronald Mahoney spotted one more. He yanked the chain saw into action, sawed a V-shaped wedge into the trunk and finished it off with a clean cut from the opposite side. The birch, particularly...
by Web Editor | Aug 17, 2012 | News, News/PR
State officials say logging companies harvested a record amount of timber on Idaho’s endowment lands in the past year. According to the Idaho Department of Lands, 330 million board feet of timber worth about $50 million was harvested during the fiscal year that...