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Forestry Assistance

The Idaho Department of Lands Forestry Assistance and Regulatory programs help conserve, enhance and protect Idaho forests. Through programs that focus on state and private Forest Stewardship, Urban and Community Forestry, and Forest Health and Fire, IDL seeks ways to engage multiple partners in the effort to reduce the threats to Idaho forests and enhance the benefits of forests as well.

Forest Practices Act Regulation and Assistance

The IDL 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.

Additional Information:

  • 2012 Interagency Forest Practices Water Quality Audit (DEQ publication)
  • 2012 Idaho Forest Practices Year-End Report (IDL publication)
  • Rulemaking
  • Administrative Rules Pertaining to the Idaho Forest Practices Act (IDAPA 20.02.01)
  • Forest Practice State Forester Forum Updates
  • Certificate of Compliance - Fire Hazard Management Agreement and Notification of Forest Practices Form May Require Additional Signatures

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    Forest Health Protection

    Forest Health

    The Forest Health program provides technical assistance to state and private forest landowners regarding identification of and ways to combat forest insects and diseases.

    >Visit the IDL Forest Health page

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    Gypsy Moth Trapping

    — Idaho Gypsy Moth Report 2012 - revised
    — Frequently Asked Questions About Gypsy Moths
    — Comparison between Gypsy Moth and Tussock Moth

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

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    Interdisciplinary Team

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

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    Urban Interface

    Community and Urban Forestry

    The IDL helps provide financial assistance to communities that want to develop an urban or community forestry program.

    ›Visit the Idaho Community Forestry page for additional information on available assistance, grant programs, Tree City USA, and more.

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    Forest Legacy Program

    The Idaho Forest Legacy Program protects environmentally important forest areas that are threatened by conversion to non-forest uses and promotes forestland protection and other conservation opportunities. The program provides funding to purchase conservation easements on private lands that might otherwise be developed and lost as forests.

    ›Visit the IDL Forest Legacy Program page

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    Forest Stewardship

    Service Forestry

    Read about the Benefits of the Idaho Forest Stewardship Program (pdf)

    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.

    Updates

    One Plan Guide - April 2013 (pdf)
    This document provides guidance for using the One Plan Template or writing a plan using a personalized format that will meet the standard requirements of Forest Stewardship Plans, Forest Management Plans, and Tree Farm Plans.

    Idaho One Plan (Word file)
    This template was developed to assist forestry consultants and other forest management plan authors in writing Forest Stewardship Plans, Forest Management Plans (FMP) for NRCS, and Tree Farm Plans for the American Tree Farm System to meet requirements of all three programs. NRCS FMP development can be partially funded by NRCS through the EQIP program; only planner-certified Technical Service Providers may write these FMPs.

    Signatures for Plan Approval (pdf)

    Release of File Information (pdf)

    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.

    — 2003 NASF Principles and Guidelines for a Well Managed Forest
    — A Stewardship Handbook for Family Forest Owners External Link
    — Caring for Your Forest with a Forest Stewardship Plan

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    Program Planning and Development

    IDL engages multiple partners to develop and implement projects that reduce threats to forests and increase the benefits of forests as well.

    Additional Information:
    >Final Documents - Idaho Statewide Assessment of Forest Resources and Forest Resource Strategy
    >Silver Valley Project

    Landowner Outreach

    Contacts

    Other Information

    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.