Forestry Assistance Bureau

Updates

• SAFR Update: Relative Potential Benefit to Wildlife and Biodiversity - posted June 30, 2009
• Community Forestry Upcoming Workshops and Conferences - updated June 26, 2009
• SAFR Update: Threats to Forest Health - posted June 25, 2009
• SAFR Updates: Development/Recreation Impact to Canopy; Forest-Based Markets; Air Quality; Water Quality
  - posted June 19, 2009
• Forest Legacy Program - FFY 2012 Request for Proposals - posted June 11, 2009
• Idaho State Forestry Contest May Newsletter and Contest Results - posted June 10, 2009

For Your Information:

• Statewide Assessment of Forest Resources Information (SAFR)
• Idaho Community Trees - Current Issue
• 2009 Arbor Day Updates
• Why are Some Forests Clearcut? - Read an article by the Idaho Forest Products Commission
• Idaho's Working Forests Keeping the Miracle Useable, Renewable and Beautiful - a short video by the Idaho Forest Products Commission

The Forestry Assistance Bureau coordinates and administers the following Programs:

• Cumulative Watershed Effects
• Forest Health
• Forest Practices Act
• Interdisciplinary Team
• Service Forestry
• Urban / Community Forestry
• Statewide Assessment of Forest Resources

Idaho Forest Practices Act

Idaho Administrative Code - Rules Pertaining to the Forest Practices Act - IDAPA 20.02.01

The Idaho Department of Lands provides assistance to landowners to establish healthy, sustainable forests and compliance with the Idaho Forest Practices Act. Landowner and logger consultations, and frequent site inspections, ensure continuous growth and harvest of forest tree species; protect forest soil, air, water and resources, and maintain wildlife and aquatic habitat. Idaho's Forest Practices identify standards for logging, road building, reforestation, streamside protection and other forest practices.

• Contact Ara Andrea - email: aandrea@idl.idaho.gov or call (208) 769-1525
  
  
• 2008 Idaho Forest Practices Year-End Report
• Forest Practice State Forester Forum Updates
• Certificate of Compliance - Fire Hazard Management Agreement and Notification of Forest Practices Form May Require Additional Signatures

Cumulative Watershed Effects

What is CWE?
"Cumulative effects" means the impact on water quality and/or beneficial uses which can result from the incremental impact of two (2) or more forest practices. Cumulative effects can result from individually minor but collectively significant actions taking place over a period of time." [Section 38-1303 (17), Idaho Code]

• Contact Chris Tretter - email: ctretter@idl.idaho.gov or call (208) 769-1525
  
  
• Forest Practices - Cumulative Watershed Effects - Process for Idaho (March 2000)

Urban / Community Forestry

Visit the Community Forestry web page for additional information on assistance available, grant programs, contact information, resources, Tree City USA and more. The Urban/Community Forestry Program provides technical and financial assistance to communities who want to develop an urban or community forestry program.

• Contact David Stephenson - email: dstephenson@idl.idaho.gov or call (208) 769-1525

Service Forestry

The Service Forestry Program provides limited-duration "first look" professional forestry advice on timber sales, reforestation, thinning and management planning to private forest owners. Also administered is the Forest Stewardship Program, which provides cost share funds to improve the condition and productivity of the State's non-industrial privately-owned timberlands.

• Contact Suzie Jude - email: sjude@idl.idaho.gov or call (208) 769-1525
  
  
• IFSAC Meeting Minutes - November 12, 2008
• Forest Stewardship Planning Process: Forest Enhancement Process (FLEP)
• Thinking about implementing a forest stewardship plan on your forestland? Read these booklets published by the National Association of State Foresters and the USDA Forest Service:
  • A Stewardship Handbook for Family Forest Ownerships
  • Caring for Your Forest with a Forest Stewardship Plan

• Agroforestry Newsletters
  
  
  • Working Trees for Water Quality: A Partner in Watershed Management
    Agroforestry helps to protect water quality while achieving both landowner and community objectives. Read the article.
  • Working Trees - Silvopasture: An Agroforestry Practice
    Combining Working Trees with forage and livestock produces marketable products and maintains long-term productivity. Read the article.
  • Working Trees for Agriculture
    Working Trees help make agricultural systems more sustainable by protecting crops and livestock, conserving natural resources, improving human environments and providing sources of income. Read the article.

Forest Health

Visit the Forest Health Program web page for additional information. The Forest Health Program provides technical assistance to state and private forest landowners regarding identification of and ways to combat forest insects and diseases.

• Contact Tom Eckberg - email: teckberg@idl.idaho.gov or call (208) 769-1525
  
  
• 2008 North Idaho Douglas-fir Tussock Moth Peromone Trapping Report
• Insect and Disease State Forester Forums
• 2008 Forest Health Fact Sheet
• Role of Insects and Disease
• Why are Some Forests Clearcut? An Article by the Idaho Forest Products Commission
• Briefing Paper Update on Bark Beetle Mitigation Projects in Eastern Idaho (2007)

Idaho Gypsy Moth Trapping Program

• Contact Neal Kittelson - email: nkittelson@idl.idaho.gov or call (208) 769-1525
  
  
• Idaho Gypsy Moth Report 2008
• Frequently Asked Questions About Gypsy Moths
• Comparison between Gypsy Moth and Tussock Moth

Gypsy Moth Related Web Links

• US Forest Service - Gypsy Moth in North America
• National Agricultural Pest Information System - European Gypsy Moth
• National Agricultural Pest Information System - Asian Gypsy Moth

Interdisciplinary Team

The Interdisciplinary Team is a cadre of technical specialists in hydrology, fish biology and geotechnical engineering providing advice and assistance either as individuals or as an organized interdisciplinary team.

• Contact Scott Marshall - email: smarshall@idl.idaho.gov or call (208) 769-1525