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IN THIS ISSUE page:
IFOA Newsletter G. Kirk David, Editor
Copyright © 2020 Idaho Forest Owners Association
Director Elections
& Dues Renewals
2020 IFOA OFFICERS
President – David A. Easley
Priest River - 208-437-5373
Vice Pres. – Gordon K. Harnasch
Post Falls - 208-773-0274
Treasurer – Jennifer S. Grimes
Coeur d’Alene - 208-765-0776
Secretary – Marianna J. Groth
Kingston - 208-682-3091
Executive VP – Marrion N. Banks
Athol - 208-755-8168
Elections & Dues! 1
Meet-a-Partner: Adrienne Morrow,
IDL, CdA 2
2020 FOFD 3
Coming Events, New Members
4
Laminated Root Rot 5
Wildfires, Hurricanes, & Private Forests
6
Campaign Statements 7-10
Juniper Judge 11
Shared Stewardship, Proper Pruning
12
Log Market Report 13
The Board Walk 14
IFOA Gifts 15
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Adrienne was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs. In her
formative years, she watched the
land use change from fertile agricultural fields and corner
woodlots to subdivisions and developments.
Not wanting to be swallowed by the inevitable urbanization, she
escaped to the University of Illinois in
Urbana-Champaign and enrolled in the forestry program. After
graduating with her B.S. in forestry,
she promptly began working as an inventory forester for the US
Forest Service, Forest Inventory and
Analysis program outside of Charleston, WV. Over the next three
years she measured hardwood trees
in the Appalachian forests of West Virginia and southern Ohio
until she felt called to pursue an ad-
vanced degree. An ever-present desire to “go west,” guided her
to the University of Idaho, College of
Natural Resources for her Master of Science degree in Forest
Resource Management, with a specializa-
tion in applied silviculture. She persuaded her future husband
to accompany her to Moscow.
As a graduate student, she studied under the Extension For-
ester. He introduced her to many critical contacts who helped
ad-
vance her forest management career in the Inland Northwest.
She
was a teaching assistant for the University of Idaho
Experimental
Forest manager, learning first-hand the “art and science” of
silvicul-
ture. While progressing on her thesis, she worked for and with
local
forestry consultants, agency personnel, and industrial and
private
family forest landowners and managers. As a private consulting
for-
ester for Northwest Management, Inc. and Western Forest
Systems,
Inc., she planted, thinned, surveyed, sprayed, and harvested
forest-
lands from Libby, MT to Hood River, OR. From their home in
downtown Troy, ID, she and her husband learned to value the
great
friendships and community that are characteristic of
small-town
Idaho. Motivated by the birth of her first son, she completed
her
master’s degree in the spring of 2008.
The great recession brought sweet changes to her job duties
as she traded-in her logger’s tape for a piping bag, decorating
cakes
in the afternoons and evenings at the WinCo bakery. By day,
she
was a stay-at-home mom to her two young boys. In the fall of
2012
she returned to forestry when she was hired as a Resource
Specialist at the Idaho Department of Lands.
She managed state endowment lands around Moose Creek Reservoir
for the Ponderosa Area field office
in Deary, ID. During this time, she had her third of three sons.
After almost three years with the IDL
she and her family moved to Klamath Falls, Oregon for her
husband’s new job. Thankfully, they were
able to return to the Inland Northwest in the fall of 2018 when
a job opportunity came available in Spo-
kane. Adrienne found herself back at the IDL, working for the
Good Neighbor Authority Bureau in
Coeur d’Alene. After an extended field season as a temporary
reconnaissance forester, she accepted the
Lands Program Specialist-Forest Stewardship position she now
holds in the Forestry Assistance Bureau.
She is very excited about the emerging opportunities available
for family forest landowners. The
new landscape-level management concept is facilitating
cross-boundary activities between industrial, non
-industrial, state, and federal neighbors. The challenges and
rewards presented by this new management
model will be keeping Adrienne engaged with landowners
throughout Idaho in the coming months and
years. She is pleased with the warm reception by IFOA and Idaho
Tree Farm members in her short
time in the position. She hopes to be able to meet the needs of
these organizations as she continues to
learn and grow as the Stewardship Program coordinator. Please
feel free to reach out to her with your
needs or input and she will gladly assist you.
Meet-A-Partner:
Adrienne Morrow, IDL, Coeur d’Alene
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Adrienne Morrow,
IDL Forest Stewardship Program
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2020 Forest Owners Field Day
On September 12th, 2020, in conjunction with the Idaho Tree Farm
Program, IFOA held our For-
est Owners Field Day (FOFD) at Sean and Virginia Hammond’s Tree
Farm just north of Spirit Lake,
Idaho. The FOFD was delayed from June, but still did not dampen
any of the spirit of the attendees or
presenters. We had a great gathering and learned many different
things.
There were over 65 attendees and 8 presenters at the field day.
With 7 stations to rotate through
and being in the great outdoors, social distancing was easy.
Other than the smoke from out-of-state and
local wildfires, it was a beautiful day.
For speakers we had: Taylor Bradish from Idaho Department of
Lands (IDL) talking about nox-
ious weeds and how to spray for them. Taylor also picked up
speaking on forest tools and fighting small
woodland fires, after two other speakers from IDL were busy on
assignment at the Hunter 2 fire. Chris
Schnepf, from University of Idaho Extension Forestry, talked
about thinning. Paul Buckland, with
Inland Empire Paper Company, spoke on pruning trees. Erica
Eidson and Tom Eckberg from IDL
spoke on forest insects, tree diseases, and forest health.
Longtime logger Terry Sverdsten gave marvel-
ous talks on the history of logging in the Saint Joe River and
Coeur d’Alene River forests. Terry also
brought several old chain saws and logging implements to
display.
The 2020 Idaho Tree Farm Program awards were announced at the
lunch break. Kirk and
Madeline David were awarded 2020 Idaho Outstanding Tree Farmers
of the Year. Gary Jenkins of
Gary D. Jenkins, Inc was selected as 2020 Idaho Outstanding Tree
Farm Logger of the Year. Forester
Doug Bradetich received an Idaho Tree Farm Inspector of the
Millennium award from the Tree Farm
Program. IFOA looks forward to seeing everyone at next year’s
Forest Owners Field Day, scheduled to
be held near Moscow Mountain at the U of I Experimental Forest.
by David A. Easley, IFOA President
Madeline & Kirk David,
2020 Idaho Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year
Gary Jenkins,
2020 Idaho Outstanding
Tree Farm Logger
of the Year
Doug Bradetich,
“Idaho Tree Farm Inspector
of the Millennium”
with TF Committee
Vice Chair, Erin Bradetich
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NOVEMBER 2020
IFOA Board Meeting Sagle, Tuesday, 11/10/2020
[email protected]
LEAP 2020 Moscow, Tue-Thur, 11/10-12/2020
www.uidaho.edu/extension/forestry
Landscaping for Fire Prevention
Online, Saturday, 11/14/2020
www.uidaho.edu/extension/forestry
Turning Idaho Trees Into Wreaths
Moscow, Friday, 11/20/2020 [email protected]
JANUARY 2021
IFOA Board Meeting Tuesday, 1/12/2020
[email protected]
WSU/DNR Forest Stewardship
Education Programming Spokane, Thursday, 1/21/2021
[email protected]
FEBRUARY 2021
IFOA Board Meeting Tuesday, 2/9/2020
[email protected]
Contact information for family forest owner interests:
Organization Telephone E-mail Website
Idaho Forest Owners Association 755-8168
[email protected] www.idahoforestowners.org
Idaho Forest Stewardship Program 666-8632 [email protected]
www.idl.idaho.gov
Idaho Tree Farm Program 437-4820 [email protected]
www.idahotreefarm.org
National Woodland Owners Assoc. 800-476-8733 [email protected]
www.woodlandowners.net
Coming Events
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DECEMBER 2020
IFOA Board Meeting Tuesday, 12/8/2020
[email protected]
Current Topics in Forest Health Online, Fridays, 12/11&18,
2020 www.uidaho.edu/extension/forestry
IFOA WELCOMES THESE NEW MEMBERS:
Preston L. Funkhouser, Clearwater
David & Susan Neal, Priest River
The IFOA Forest Seedling Program’s superior stock of
containerized seedlings (Douglas fir, western
larch, western white pine, ponderosa pine, lodgepole pine, and
western redcedar) are available for
planting next April. If you have not made your order yet for
next year, NOW is the time! These vigor-
ous seedlings sell out quickly! To be sure you’ll fill your
order with all the best trees you can buy at a
most reasonable price, this is the one and only outlet for
IFOA’s properly seed bank-sourced inventory.
So, right away, ask Karla Freeman for IFOA’s robust, healthy,
and genetically improved forest seed-
lings, available only at the Kootenai-Shoshone Soil & Water
Conservation District office.
(208) 209-4348 [email protected]
IFOA Forest Seedling Program
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Laminated Root Rot
Longtime IFOA member Terry Sverdsten worked his way through
college at PLU by logging
with his father, but family photos depict him and his two
brothers perched on logs and loads of logs at a
much younger age. One photo shows the three proud little boys
with their red wagon, sporting stakes
and its own load of logs. Terry and his brothers, along with
their father, owned and operated Sverdsten
Logging Company for many years, and in later years Terry logged
with his sons and nephews. When
asked to do a presentation on the history of logging at the
Forest Owners Field Day this past September
12th, Terry was delighted and, aided by his daughter, showed up
with a great collection of photos and
antique tools and saws. We are grateful to have had this fine
glimpse into logging history and were
very saddened to hear that just three weeks later on October
2nd, Terry lost his life in an accident while
gathering firewood on his own family’s forest near Cataldo. by
Marianna J. Groth, IFOA Director & Secretary
Terry L. Sverdsten
Sept. 8, 1932 - Oct. 2, 2020
Laminated root rot is the most destructive root decay of Douglas
fir, true firs, mountain hemlock
and western hemlock. Laminated root rot, also known as yellow
ring rot, is caused by the fungal patho-
gen Phellinus weirii. Western white pine and lodgepole pine are
tolerant and ponderosa pine is resis-
tance to it. Only hardwoods are immune to this pathogen. Root
disease causes damage and morality on
over 12 million acres of forest land in northern Idaho and
western Montana.
The disease can infect trees as young as 6 years old and infects
trees throughout their lifespan.
Symptoms can include yellowing and thinning of crowns, distress
cone crops, red brown stained outer
heartwood, and decay that separates along annual rings. Infected
or decayed roots break close to the
root collar, upending root balls when the tree is
windthrown.
The fungus P. weirii was first discovered in 1914 on west-
ern redcedar in Idaho. The first reported instance on Douglas
fir
was in 1940 near Cowichan Lake, British Columbia. There are
two types of Phellinus; one that causes laminated root rot
in
Douglas fir, grand fir, and hemlocks and the other causes butt
rot
in western redcedar. Infection occurs when roots of healthy
trees
grow in contact with infected roots of other trees.
Management can depend on cost. Example: if the disease
is widespread in a pre-commercial stand, destroying the
planta-
tion may be the most effective meas-
ure - then replant with immune or low susceptibility species.
Susceptible
trees should not be planted within 100 feet of the disease
center. All in-
fected trees within the disease center should be cut as well as
all uninflected
trees within 50 feet of the disease center. Effectiveness
depends on the
amount of expense you want to invest.
In the long term, root diseases cause more growth loss and
mortal-
ity than any other disease or insect, even bark beetles.
I accompanied a forester from the US Forest Service Bonners
Ferry
District to a site where they have been thinning areas mainly
due to root
rot and replanting with western larch and ponderosa pine
seedlings. They
just finished a logging job in my area where mainly fir and some
cedar was
removed, leaving mainly western larch on site. by Carol J.
Puetz, IFOA Director & Membership Committee Chair
Laminated root rot
Phellinus weirii fruiting body
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Wildfires, Hurricanes & Private Forests
This year wildfires and hurricanes have often dominated the
news. These natural disasters destroy
the forests in their path. There is a perception that the
devastated forests are publicly owned. But that is
often not the case.
Nationally, 58 percent of forests are privately owned; even in
wildfire-ravaged California it’s nearly
40 percent. The financial burden of reforesting after a natural
disaster is compounded at tax time when
private forest owners find their ability to claim a casualty
loss for destroyed timber is limited, sometimes to
zero dollars.
Private forest owners include large and small timber companies
that produce products like lumber.
These are important to maintaining timber markets, so forest
owners have a place to sell timber when it is
mature. However, the largest private forest ownership group is
family forest owners. Some own large for-
ests, but the average tract size, considering just tracts larger
than nine acres, is only 67 acres. There are a
lot of family forest owners, about 11.5 million of them if you
consider all tract sizes.
Family forest owners control 36 percent of total forestland and
just over 60 percent of private land
in the country; when you consider 88 percent of timber harvests
come off of private land, they are crucial
to the national timber supply. Since the early 20th century the
federal government has used a cooperative
approach to encourage proper management on private forests. The
Weeks Act of 1911 allowed for federal
cooperation with states in wildfire control and the
Clarke-McNary Act of 1924 extended that to more gen-
eral support of reforestation activities on private forest land.
One way to encourage reforestation was to
develop tax policies that did not penalize forest owners who
invested in forest management practices.
Federal tax laws still include provisions that encourage
reforestation on private forests, but one
large penalty that impacts private forest owners, especially
family forest owners, is the tax treatment of
casualty losses following a natural disaster. In general, the
deductible loss is limited to the basis or book
value of the timber (any reforestation costs not yet deducted),
less any timber salvage income.
Family forest owners usually deduct reforestation costs,
management fees, taxes and other costs
early in the timber rotation or annually and generally have a
timber basis of zero dollars. This means if
the timber is destroyed by wildfire, storms or another disaster,
the landowner would be allowed no deduc-
tion. This is especially onerous for forestry investments, which
take perhaps 30 years until final harvest in
the South and easily twice that in the West.
Forestry investments, like all investments, incur an opportunity
cost for the invested capital. You
must own land to grow trees and the investment in land is
capital not invested elsewhere, or an opportunity
cost. Private forest owners have significant incurred land
opportunity cost over a timber rotation that
shows up nowhere in the current casualty loss calculation. Say a
forest owner is growing trees on $3,000
per acre land and the going interest rate is 5 percent. Each
year the owner incurs $150 of foregone return
($3,000 x 5 percent) that compounds over a 30-year timber
rotation to nearly $10,000. The owner hopes to
recoup that land opportunity cost at harvest, and with a
casualty loss that is not deductible, will recoup
nothing after a natural disaster. Something needs to encourage
reforestation after a disaster and the cur-
rent tax law does not do that.
That something is being pondered by Congress right now in the
Forest Recovery Act. The act con-
siders private forest owners usually don’t benefit from disaster
relief funding and, unlike agricultural crop
producers, don’t get an annual income. It simply allows private
forest owners a casualty loss for the fair
market value of destroyed timber, less any salvage value
obtained. The law would only apply to timber
stands managed for planned harvests and requires the
reforestation of the tract.
Sustainable forest management is central to protecting our
environment, while ensuring the na-
tion’s stable timber supply. The thing that makes timber
different is the long time period involved between
cost (tree planting) and return (timber harvest in many years),
with that annual land opportunity cost, and
the difference can easily discourage a landowner from
reinvesting in a sustainable forest. Wildfires and
hurricanes can overwhelm forest owners, and, without cooperation
supported by the federal government,
ruined forests may end up in new land use or stagnate without
proper management. The Forest Recovery
Act attempts to remedy that. by Thomas J. Straka, professor
emeritus of forestry at Clemson University in South C.arolina
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IFOA Director Elections
Biographies & Campaign Statements
ALLEN R. BANKS, Athol
Current profession or job: Semi-retired research biochemist.
Previous work or volunteer experience: President/Principal,
Antegene Research Biochemicals, Inc. Athol, Idaho,
1990 to present; Research Scientist, Amgen Inc., 1981-1990.; AMC
Cancer Research Center, 1976-1981.
Education: PhD Chemistry, University of Colorado, 1975; MS
Chemistry, University of Colorado, 1973; BS Chem-
istry, University of Washington, 1968
Military service: US Army, 1968-1970
Describe your involvement with your family forest or other
forest land: Thirty years of forest ownership in
northern Idaho. As a new owner of forest property, I attended
the forest stewardship course taught by Chris Schnepf
in 1991. We have conducted four timber harvests during our
ownership of this forest, principally to maintain forest
health. Learning, while managing these timber harvests has
taught me about conservation, fire control, timber man-
agement and the various pests that damage our forest resource.
Most of my forest education has been on the job
training which is the best kind of training in my view. Anyone
who owns forest property can learn the same things
by doing, by managing his/her property. The forest is our home
here in northern Idaho. We are passionate owners,
educators and members of forest advocacy organizations. I have
been a member of IFOA since 2012 and have en-
joyed both attending and volunteering my time and work for IFOA.
When I meet forest owners I introduce them to
IFOA so they can get involved and learn more about their forest
property.
IFOA membership and activities:
Year joined IFOA: 2012
IFOA offices or positions: Volunteer for many IFOA events.
Membership and affiliation in other professional or volunteer
associations and organizations: Bonner County
Republican Central Committee since 1992, Careywood Precinct
Committeeman since 1992, six years as Bonner
County Republican Party Secretary, four years as Treasurer. A
couple of decades as a 4H volunteer instructor in
Bonner County, Volunteer at the Bonner County Fair.
Other Community or personal activities, including hobbies: I
enjoy shooting as a sport, hunting, working on me-
chanical devices and maintaining our equipment.
Allen R. Banks Campaign Statement
Forestry education may be the most important thing IFOA can do.
It’s always interesting to learn how much, or lit-
tle, forest owners know about their property. They may not know
much about forest health or ways to improve the
health of their forestland but, just as I did, they can learn. I
make a point of asking forest owners I encounter if they
know about IFOA and would they like to know more. We need to
reach as many forest owners as we can, providing
them opportunities to learn how to best manage their forest
through education provided by IFOA.
THOMAS P. GOODALL, Saint Maries
Current profession or job: Firefighter/Paramedic, City of
Sacramento Fire Department- Retired 2016
Previous work or volunteer experience: Employment:
Firefighter/Paramedic with City of Sacramento Fire Depart-
ment, Sacramento, CA 2005 - 2016 Engineer/Firefighter with
Valero Refinery, Benicia, CA 1993 - 2005
Volunteerism: Christmas tree donations for St. Maries high
school fund raising activities; Boys and Girls Club; Ro-
tary work parties; Yountville Veteran's Home Cemetery
cleanup.
Education: Fire Science Safety Management, B.S., Madison
University, 2007
Military service: Load Master C-5, US Air Force, 1985 - 1999
Describe your involvement with your family forest or other
forest land: 6 years ownership. Selective logging,
pre-commercial thinning, slash cleanup, weed abatement, seedling
planting, trail maintenance and white pine prun-
ing. Member of American Tree Farm System. Sharing information
with surrounding family forest owners to help
them develop healthy forests. My forest is a place to provide
wildlife habit, generate natural resources and a place to
recreate. It is my happy place.
IFOA membership and activities: Attendee of IFOA annual
conference and Field Days since 2017. 2019 Volun-(Continued on page
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teer to man IFOA table at conference. 2018 Stimson property tour
for silviculture management.
Year joined IFOA: 2016
IFOA offices or positions: None.
Membership and affiliation in other professional or volunteer
associations and organizations: Rocky Mountain
Elk Foundation, Antique Motorcycle Club of America,
International Association of Firefighters - Sacramento Area
Firefighters Local 522, National Rifle Association.
Other Community or personal activities, including hobbies:
Attend St. Maries Fire Protection District as a spe-
cial advisor. Restore antique motorcycles; hunting; fishing;
hiking.
Thomas P. Goodall Campaign Statement
I am very passionate about forest management and would like to
pass that passion onto our membership. IFOA ex-
cels in member education and provides valuable contacts for
forest management including lumber sales and contrac-
tors. In the next three years, I would like to see IFOA
membership grow and recruit more volunteers to spread the
work load. The larger we are, the bigger our voice in regards to
laws, regulations and benefits for family forest own-
ers. In closing, I believe carbon tax credits will expand and I
would like to help promote this and other benefits to
Idaho family forest owners.
MONIQUE M. HUTCHINGS, Cocolalla
Current profession or job: 2020 - Current Insight Restoration
Sales Manager
Previous work or volunteer experience: 1984 - 1993 Fresno
Lumber. Our family-owned wholesale, retail lumber
yard. grew up in this business since the age of 5. 1994 - 1999
Valley Iron - Structural steel, aluminum, stainless
steel sales for the general market. 1999 - 2004 and 2006 - 2010
American Metals - Inside and outside steel sales.
2010 - Current Spencer's Firearms and now Sheepdog Supplies in
Sagle. Retail firearms stores that I co-own with
my husband. 2019 - 2020 - Sandpoint Marine and Motorsports Lead
sales. Chairman for the Friends of the NRA for
five years straight. Foster home and volunteer for the Madera
Animal Shelter for seven years. Bonner County Re-
publican Central Committee State Committee Woman for the last
four years. Education: High school with two trade school degrees.
One to become a licensed vet technician and the second to become a
Realtor. Military service: None, but I did marry a Marine and my
father was a Merchant Marine.
Describe your involvement with your family forest or other
forest land: In 2013, my husband and I purchased
fifty eight acres and a very small house in Sagle. A year after
we purchased it and seeing the fires that were happen-
ing, we contacted Idaho Forest Group and met with one of their
foresters to walk our forest with a professional logger
to better understand what types of trees we had as well as come
up with a management plan for our land. Our land
had not been managed for 40 plus years and we saw a problem
waiting to happen. My family and I spend a lot of
time in our forest, from checking tree health, identifying areas
that need to be cleaned up, foraging and mushroom-
ing. Our newest goals are for our new livestock. Fencing is
starting to be incorporated into our forest without
changing the look and feel of wooded area. Our plan is to teach
our grandchild the importance of maintaining a
healthy forest for generations to come so we involve him every
chance we get. Growing up in the lumber industry
and watching other states not look out for their forest has made
us want to be more active in preserving this land for
the future generations. Education is key, and I always look
forward to reading the informative articles put out in the
IFOA newsletter.
IFOA membership and activities:
Year joined IFOA: 2015, after I found out about them.
IFOA offices or positions: Served as an alternate director.
Membership and affiliation in other professional or volunteer
associations and organizations: Idaho
Forest Owners Association, North Idaho Mushroom Club, Bonner
County Republican Central Committees .
Other Community or personal activities, including hobbies:
Mushrooming, foraging, fishing, competitive
shooting.
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Election Bios & Campaign Statements (cont.)
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Monique M. Hutchings Campaign Statement
I previously served as an alternate director back in 2016. With
IFOA, I got to watch the great work invested by the
board and commitment to education of the members. Sadly, my
return to the workforce forced me to quit attending
meetings and participating but I continued my membership as I
feel all landowners should be involved with IFOA
not only for the information and education but for the
networking. Thankfully my new employer appreciates in-
volvement in our passions, so I look forward to returning to the
meetings monthly and would proudly serve on the
board if elected.
KENNON D. MCCLINTOCK, Moyie Springs
Current profession or job: Forester with Nature Conservancy -
based in Moyie Springs.
Previous work or volunteer experience: Work: 2012-2020 Field Rep
for The Nature Conservancy, Moyie Springs;
2002-2012 Idaho Region Manager - Forest Capital Partners, CdA;
1992-2002 Area Forester - Crown Pacific LP,
Bonners Ferry: 1987-1992 Area Forester - W-I Forest Products,
Bonners Ferry; 1980-1987 Forester - St. Regis Paper
Company, Libby, MT; 1976-1979 Summer Intern - St. Regis Paper
Company, Libby, MT
Volunteer: 1997-2012 IFOA Board Member; 2004-2020 FPAAC member
representing NIPF; 2002-2019 Panhandle
BAG committee member representing forestland owners; 1988-2002
Idaho Tree Farm Inspector; 2002-2010 CFTM
committee member; 2017-2020 Curley Creek Vol. Fire Department, -
Treasurer/Secretary
Education: BS in Forest Management, University of Montana 1980
with a minor in Soil Science
Military service: None
Describe your involvement with your family forest or other
forest land:
The McClintock family has owned forestland in Boundary County
since 1988. We have added to our acreage over
the years where we now have several hundred acres of productive
forestland. We manage our forestland intensively
using even-age management for the most part. All of our
forestland has been inventoried and stand typed. Most of
our current forest management activities are 1) PCT, 2) salvage
of dead and dying grand fir, 3) white pine pruning,
and 4) cutting firewood. We harvest sawlogs on most years
depending on markets and biological need. We do most
of this work ourselves, though we have hired a logging
contractor for bigger jobs or when we are pushed for time.
We have hosted many tours over the years and the Univ. of Idaho
Extension service has used our tree farm many
times for their forestry classes.
IFOA membership and activities:
Year joined IFOA: 1985
IFOA offices or positions: Board member from 1997-2012.
President 1998-2002 & 2010-2011, Secretary 2007-
2009
Membership and affiliation in other professional or volunteer
associations and organizations: Society of
American Foresters (SAF) 1980-2020; Certified Forester (SAF)
2002-2020
Other Community or personal activities, including hobbies:
Kennon D. McClintock Campaign Statement
I am interested in getting back on the Board to help with the
management of IFOA especially with current issues and
the dramatic increase in the Idaho population.
SANDRA F. SCHLEPP, Cataldo
Current profession or job: Currently a partner with my husband,
Paul (Paul and Sandy Schlepp Partnership). We
do forest farming. This includes multiple hands-on activities
from logging stands for economic return to improving
forest properties for timber health, soil and stream health,
wildlife habitat or appearances for ownership enjoyment.
We are located in Rose Lake.
Previous work or volunteer experience: 2016-winter 2017 - I was
with our family’s corporation, Forest Ventures,
Inc.; 2013-2016 I worked at Stimson’s in Plummer in the planer
department.; 2011-2013 I went with my husband to
Checkerboard Ranch in Montana. I also did our corporation forest
work here in Idaho. Our family corporation and
my self-employment jobs have included pre-commercial thinning,
pruning, fuels reduction, timber harvest, stream
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restoration, access road construction, and tree planting.;
1990’s - Babin Construction in Prichard, Idaho. This em-
ployment was a wide variety of activities from logging, river
bank stabilization, gold mining, culvert placement,
house site preparation.; Prior jobs in the 1980’s - Sverdsten
Logging Company in their parts department for all their
logging equipment.; Seasonal with IDL. I was the photographer
and counter for fuels (tons per acre fire hazard),
firefighter.; Seasonal firefighter with USDA Forest Service as
engine driver. Coeur d’Alene Press as their darkroom
technician. North Idaho College informational services
photographer and darkroom.
Education: NIC, Kootenai High School
Military service: None
Describe your involvement with your family forest or other
forest land: The land is a part of our being. I’m the
fifth generation on one of our forest lands. Working the land
has always been our means of making a living and
soul. I work the forest and farm land of ours and others, each
just as important. I have worked and lived on forest
land of northern Idaho all through my life.
IFOA membership and activities:
Year joined IFOA: 2016
IFOA offices or positions: Board Director; Forest Seedling
Program Chair
Membership and affiliation in other professional or volunteer
associations and organizations:
Other Community or personal activities, including hobbies:
Sandra F. Schlepp Campaign Statement
I’ve enjoyed the experience I’ve had being on the IFOA board. It
brings together many individuals, bringing differ-
ent ideas and experiences but a common interest in forest
properties. Private forest ownership rights, family heritage
and trying to keep the forest a viable lifestyle are important
issues for me. I hope the IFOA can help maintain all
these things and more.
PAUL R. TURCOTT, Bartlesville (Moyie River)
Current profession or job: Director of Investments, The Turcott
Group of Oppenheimer & Co., Scottsdale, AZ.
Previous work or volunteer experience: 23 years with Phillips
Petroleum Co. Manager of international business
development.
Education: 2007 Certified Financial Planner; 1976 MBA,
University of Tennessee; 1975 BS Business Administra-
tion, University of Tennessee
Military service: None.
Describe your involvement with your family forest or other
forest land: We have owned our 15.4 acres of tim-
berland in Boundary County since 2012.
IFOA membership and activities:
Year joined IFOA: 2015
IFOA offices or positions: None.
Membership and affiliation in other professional or volunteer
associations and organizations: Endowment
Board for Tri-County Tech Center. Former director, Board of
Bartlesville Public Library Trust Fund.
Other Community or personal activities, including hobbies:
Everything grandkids – there are five from 7 to 15.
Extended learning courses related to forestry, wildlife, and
state and federal policy impact on agriculture and timber.
Operating Hipcamp listing for a 192 square foot tiny cabin on
our Moyie River property and teaching guests about
the forest and wildlife on our land.
Paul R. Turcott Campaign Statement
Serving as an IFOA Board Member will allow me to support, at a
higher level, the association that serves as my pri-
mary resource to meet my forestland stewardship goals. If
elected, I will help position IFOA as the primary resource
for all private forest owners in Idaho, not just those of us
that derive value as current members, but also those who
have not yet discovered the scope and value of what IFOA is and
does. From the seedling program, to educating
school kids and the public, to advocating for private forest
owners on governmental policy initiatives, IFOA has the
expertise to protect its members’ interests.
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A federal judge has thrown out an environmentalist lawsuit
against an Idaho wildlife enhance-
ment project aimed at juniper removal and prescribed burning on
nearly 1,700 acres.
Several environmental groups - Wildlands Defense, Alliance for
the Wild Rockies and Native Eco-
systems Council - filed a complaint last year claiming the
project’s approval violated the National Envi-
ronmental Policy Act.
According to the environmental plaintiffs, the U.S. Forest
Service didn’t sufficiently examine the
project area’s wilderness qualities, potential impacts to the
Columbia sharp-tailed grouse or its negative
cumulative effects together with livestock grazing.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy Dale has now rejected those
arguments and determined the agency
was not “arbitrary or capricious” in “categorically excluding”
the project from an environmental analy-
sis under NEPA.
“Based upon the court’s review of the record, the Forest
Service’s decision was based upon a con-
sideration of the relevant factors and bears a rational
connection between the facts found and the deci-
sion made to proceed with the project activities,” the judge
said.
The Rowley Canyon Wildlife Enhancement Project, located in the
Caribou-Targhee National For-
est, aims to improve the habitat of elk, deer and two types of
grouse on nearly 4,000 acres, though only
about 1,700 acres will actually be treated.
Once the juniper removal and prescribed burning are complete,
the Forest Service intends to seed
the area with desirable plant species, such as wild rye, yarrow
and wheatgrass, and monitor it for noxious
weeds.
The agency decided the project qualified for a “categorical
exclusion” from undergoing an envi-
ronmental assessment, or more extensive environmental impact
statement, because the treatments aren’t
expected to encounter “extraordinary circumstances” or cause
“significant impacts.”
While the environmental plaintiffs argued the project’s
“drastic” impacts will be “visually appar-
ent for years,” inconsistently with wilderness qualities, the
judge has ruled it’s plausible that mitigation
measures will prevent impacts from being detrimental in the long
term.
Dale rejected the argument that the project is
“tantamount to logging in a roadless area” and found
the Forest Service fulfilled its “obligation to analyze
the project’s effects upon wilderness qualities and at-
tributes as well as upon roadless characteristics.”
As for the impacts on sensitive species, the
judge said that allegations the Forest Service didn’t
adequately survey for the sharp-tailed grouse are
“contradicted by the administrative record.”
The record convincingly shows the project ac-
tivities “could affect individual sharp-tailed grouse,
but are not likely to result in a federal listing or loss of
viability of the species,” she said.
The project’s cumulative effects, combined with grazing, were
also adequately considered, since
the Forest Service plans to protect treated areas from livestock
to reduce soil disturbances or weed intro-
ductions, Dale said.
Though the environmental groups disagree the analysis is
sufficient, the evidence supports the
agency’s conclusions that “there would be no cumulative effects
for wildlife, either with respect to habitat
loss or weed proliferation, as a result of project activities,”
the judge said. by Mateusz Perkowski, Capital Press 9/1/20
Judge throws out lawsuit against
juniper removal project
A mature juniper tree lies where it was cut.
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Shared Stewardship Advisory Group Report
On the morning of July 28th, Governor Brad Little’s Idaho Shared
Stewardship Advisory Group had
a Zoom meeting. The purpose of this meeting was for the Advisory
Group to report on progress that had
been made so far. Governor Brad Little greeted the Advisory
Group and made opening remarks. Next
the leaders from the Group’s four committees offered
updates.
Tim Garcia, of USFS, is head of the Idaho Shared Stewardship
Principle Committee. Tom
Schultz, of Idaho Forest Group, is the head of the Opportunities
Committee. John Robison, of Idaho
Conservation League, is head of the Metrics Committee. Craig
Foss, of Idaho Department of Lands, is
head of the Communications Committee.
Updates were received from the South and North Idaho Priority
Landscape Coordinators. Lynn
Oliver, of the USFS in Boise, [email protected], is the
coordinator of the South Priority Landscape
and Jeff Lau, of the USFS in Coeur d’Alene, [email protected],
is the coordinator for the North Prior-
ity Landscape.
The next order of business was perspective reports from the
National Forests in Idaho on progress
towards achieving goals of the Shared Stewardship agreement.
Cheryl Probert of the Nez Perce-
Clearwater Forest and Chuck Mark of the Salmon-Challis Forest
gave these presentations.
The main point achieved at the meeting was an agreement to go
forward with each of the two ma-
jor priority landscape area’s projects. There are 4 main
projects in the Southern Landscape area: 1)
Lost Horse Project - 7,234 acres to be thinned, 5,486 acres for
prescribed fire, 2) Little Weiser Forest res-
toration Project - 3,000 acres of restoration activities, 3)
Sage Hen Integrated Restoration Project - 67,000
acres of restoration activities, and 4) Granite Meadows Project
- 73,000 acres of restoration activities.
There are 4 main projects in the Northern Landscape area: 1)
Scattered Lands Project - 5,700 acres of
restoration activities, 2) Honey Badger Project - 18,500 acres
of restoration activities, 3) Buckskin Saddle
Integrated Restoration Project - 19,700 acres of restoration
activities, and 4) Southwest Bonner County
Project -175,644 acres in process of being reviewed. A large
part of the Southwest Bonner County Pro-
ject will deal with fire prevention and thinning. by David A.
Easley, IFOA Pres.& Idaho Shared Stewardship Advisory Group
Rep.
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Quarterly Log Market Report
Autumn 2020 IFOA Newsletter Page 13
Timber Cruising & Appraisals Forest Management Plans Timber
Sales
Insect and Disease Management “Fire Safe” Management
INLAND FOREST MANAGEMENT, INC.
(208) 263-9420 Mike Wolcott, ACF, CF/Dick Bradetich, (ret.)
Steve Bloedel, ACF,CF/Lee Andrews, CF/Bill Love, CF
John Ailport/Chris Terwilliger/Ryan Pennick
Shane Hoover/Nick Zahler/Casey Clark
Office: Amber Brown
www.inlandforest.com [email protected]
Species October 2020 July 2020
Douglas-fir/western larch $400 - $515/MBF $410- $470/MBF
Grand fir/western hemlock $390 - $485 $380 - $450
Lodgepole pine $340 - $450 $380 - $450
Ponderosa pine $370 (6-7”) - $420 (12”+) $325 (6-7”) - $385
(12”+)
Western white pine $390 - $420 $375 - $400
Western redcedar $850 - $1,100 $800 - $1,050
Cedar poles *$1,800* *$1,800*
Pulp $20 - $28/ton $20 - $34/ton
Tonwood $50/ton +/- $50/ton +/-
Note that these figures represent prices paid by competitive
domestic facilities in the Inland Northwest, and are based on
average-
sized logs and standard log lengths—usually 16’6” and 33’. MBF =
Thousand Board Feet. *Pole value varies widely depending
upon length. Market information as of October 27, 2020
Lumber prices moved sky-high over the last few months, hitting
all time highs, before recently coming
back down to earth. However, log prices have mostly increased at
a glacial pace, due to generally ample log yard
inventories and long-term lumber market uncertainties. Although
all log markets moved upward somewhat, the
increases were more substantial in the southern portion of our
region. On the unfortunate end, pulp markets
have been very challenging since Ponderay Newsprint, Usk, WA,
stopped purchasing logs and filed for bank-
ruptcy. by Mike Wolcott, ACF, Certified Forester This
information is provided by Inland Forest Management, Inc., a
forestry consulting company.
For additional information, they can be contacted at
208-263-9420, [email protected] or www.inlandforest.com.
mailto:[email protected]
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The Board Walk: August, September, October
August 11, 2020
● Member Gordon Sanders,
IFOA’s Representative on the
Idaho Lands Resource Coordinat-
ing Council (ILRCC), reported on
the Council’s meeting of August
4th. Beginning the meeting was a
report that described the recent
successful purchase of multiple
Conservation Easements through
the Forest Legacy Program.
These easements will insure that
the lands enrolled in this program
will remain as forests in perpetu-
ity. Additional funding will be-
come available for this program
through the “HR 1957 Great Out-
doors Act” which was also signed
into law by President Trump on
August 4th. This Act will annu-
ally provide $900 million in guar-
anteed funding for the Land and
Water Conservation Fund. Lo-
cally this action will provide fund-
ing for stewardship of Idaho’s
public and private forest lands as
well as the Idaho Soil and Water
Conservation Districts.
● A report from the IFOA-
Education Foundation described
the beginnings of the Farnsworth
Enchanted Forest educational
signage project being arranged
with the 9B Trails Association.
The target is to have signs in place
for next summer.
September 8, 2020
● IFOA continues to moni-
tor IDL’s efforts to simplify their
Streamside Tree Retention Rule.
Proposed changes will make it
easier to calculate how many
trees must be left standing when
a harvest takes place next to a
Class 1 stream (a stream that
contains fish). IFOA will be
sending a letter in support of this
more user-friendly “Shade Rule”.
● The 2021 FFL&MC Steer-
ing Committee is starting
monthly meetings to discuss top-
ics and format for a March 2021
meeting. With the uncertainty of
the status of future public health
concerns, a combination of in-
person and virtual meeting for-
mats is being researched and con-
sidered.
● The Nominating Commit-
tee is looking for candidates to fill
the ballot for the IFOA Director
elections coming in November.
October 13, 2020
● The 2020 Forest Owners
Field Day was held on September
12th in conjunction with the an-
nual Idaho Tree Farm Program’s
award announcements. The
event was attended by approxi-
mately 75 people, including pre-
senters. Feedback indicated that
the various presentations were
well received.
● S m o k e R u l e S u b -
Committee Chair Morado re-
ported that DEQ recently held
three 8-hour meetings as a part of
their continuing process to de-
velop a “Smoke Rule”. The pur-
pose of asuch a rule is to control
air quality by regulating the tim-
ing, pile-size, and duration of
“forestry woody debris” burning
activity. Each meeting addressed
either “short-duration burners”,
“minor burners” or “major burn-
ers”. Representatives of IFOA
attended all three meetings and
concurred that although there is
still a long way to go, DEQ’s ap-
proach to this process has become
much more realistic in terms of
how it will affect “short-duration
burners”, which is the category
that will include most family for-
est landowners’ burning activities.
DEQ aims to have the “Smoke
Rule” completed and enforceable
by 2022.
● Directors discussed the
topic of an IFOA membership
dues increase for the first time in
decades. Directors decided that
regardless of inflationary costs
over that amount of time, in-
creased membership benefits will
need to be a part of any dues in-
crease proposal. by IFOA Secretary Marianna J. Groth
IFOA NEWSLETTER ADVERTISING RATES
Size IFOA Member 4 Issue Discounted Non-member 4 Issue
Discounted
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1/4 page 17.50 63.00 25.00 90.00
1/3 page 23.00 82.80 33.00 120.00
1/2 page 35.00 126.00 50.00 180.00
Full page 70.00 252.00 100.00 360.00
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IFOA Holiday Gifts
Autumn 2020 IFOA Newsletter Page 15
...IFOA COFFEE MUG… ◄◄ HANDY! perfect before heading for the
woods!
...IFOA HAT… ◄◄ LOW CROWN STYLE! perfect for walks in the
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Dark green heather w/multi-color embroidered logo
IFOA FLEECE VEST circle (M or F) styles: M, L, XL number x
$30.00 ea. =
Black w/multi-color embroidered logo
IFOA MEMBER SIGNS number x $13.00 ea. =
IFOA COFFEE MUGS number x $3.00 ea. = ceramic white w/green
logo
4/Pack number x $2.00 ea. = IFOA MEMBER PROPERTY BOUNDARY TAGS
blaze orange w/black print 25/Pack number x $8.00 ea. =
50/Pack number x $16.00 ea. =
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All prices include Idaho Sales/Use tax for shipping postage, add
$7.00/order = $7.00
Autumn 2020 TOTAL $ =
Make check payable to Idaho Forest Owners Association and mail
to: IFOA, PO Box 1257, Coeur d’Alene ID 83816-1257
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IDAHO FOREST OWNERS ASSOCIATION
P. O. BOX 1257
COEUR D’ALENE, ID 83816-1257
Please clip and return to:
IDAHO FOREST OWNERS ASSOCIATION, P.O. Box 1257, Coeur d’Alene,
Idaho 83816-1257
YES, I would like to become an Active Member of the Idaho Forest
Owners Association.
I own _______ acres of forest land in
________________________________ County, Idaho.
(If multi-county ownerships, please list all)
I do not own forest land in Idaho, but would like to become a
Participating Member
in the Association.
NAME(S):
______________________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS:
______________________________________________________________________________
CITY: _______________________________________________STATE:
_______ ZIP: __________________
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_____________________________________________
Annual dues are $36 for an individual, family, partnership, or
corporation; $99 three years;
$165 five years. Please make checks payable to the IDAHO FOREST
OWNERS ASSOCIATION Autumn 2020