Idaho Forest Products Commission

"Hazardous fuels, such as dead trees, fallen branches, thick brush and dense stands of smaller trees, can increase the intensity and spread of wildfires..." Read more

Forest Service proposes fuels-reduction project on 25,000 acres near Island Park - East Idaho News ISLAND PARK — The Caribou-Targhee National Forest is developing a plan to reduce hazardous fuels across about 25,000 acres in the Island Park area, where officials say current forest conditions could produce extreme wildfire behavior and threaten communities and critical infrastructure. Hazardous ...

New free curriculum connects students to Inland Northwest forests and forest careers.

The Inland Northwest Forest Products Curriculum gives high school students an inside look at local forests and the careers connected to them, from forestry and manufacturing to wildfire management. Eight standards-aligned units guide students from tree biology to forest products, built for science, agriculture, natural resources, and Forest Products CTE classrooms.

Learn more and request access: idahoforests.org/education

Interior Boosts Forest Resilience Through Accelerated Timber Salvage and Thinning Projects. Read more...

Interior Boosts Forest Resilience Through Accelerated Timber Salvage and Thinning Projects | U.S. Department of the Interior With extreme wildfire activity exhausting all available federal firefighting resources and the national wildfire system operating at its highest level of readiness, the Department of the Interior has finalized two categorical exclusions under the National Environmental Policy Act to expedite Bureau....

Young people hold the power in their hands to make a positive impact and be a driving force for change. This International Youth Day’s theme is “Youth Empowerment for a Sustainable Future”. As educators, you can inspire learners of all ages to take action, think outside the box, and create sustainable solutions for the future of our environment. And, just think, if you can introduce one young person to a green career path…in the words of Dr. Seuss, “Oh, the places you’ll go!”

Check out Project Learning Tree’s career exploration resources.

🌳 Green Jobs: Exploring Forest Careers + Find Your Green Job Personality Quiz- https://shop.plt.org/Shop/ProductDetails/green-jobs

🌳Black Faces in Green Spaces: The Journeys of Black Professionals in Green Careers – https://www.plt.org/journeys

"The lack of management of our forests during most of the 20th century led to decades of uncontrolled growth of underbrush and small trees that allow ground fires to reach treetops. This growth has exacerbated small fires into unstoppable conflagrations."

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What's Up With All These Fires In Central WA Lately? Here's Why Some People Think Our Forest Management System Is To Blame

Forest management tools like mechanized thinning and logging mitigate wildfire risk. READ MORE...

Forest management tools mitigate wildfire risk Missoula, Mont. — As wildfire season presses on across the western United States, forest experts say that they have several tools available to counter them ahead opf time.

Healthy forests are resilient forests.

Managing Idaho's Forests: Mission Possible A fourth-generation family logging business is on a mission to prot...

"Months before this year’s fire season intensified, Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) officials publicly warned that many eastern Washington forests had become dangerously overgrown after decades of fire suppression and changing management practices." Read more...

Washington’s own forestry experts warned its forests were becoming tinderboxes months before devastating Spokane wildfires. DNR officials said Eastern Washington forests were “overstocked” after decades of fire suppression as catastrophic wildfires force thousands from their homes and trigger a massive state and federal response Among the countless images emerging from the devastating

The U.S. Forest Service’s proposed 2026 Blowdown Emergency project would remove wind-damaged trees, reduce hazardous fuels and replant affected areas to accelerate forest recovery. These actions are not about “clearing forests.” They are about restoring them before the damage becomes exponentially worse. Read the entire opinion here: https://www.lmtribune.com/opinion/forest-blowdown-project-is-good-science-and-good-business-d178cc7c

(Photo credit: Bonners Ferry Herald, Prichard Blowdown Unit)