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Idaho Department of Lands to give presentations,
answer questions at Open House |
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February 20, 2016 |
Here is your chance to meet and talk directly
with Idaho Department of Lands staff who help to
manage the forests located all around us in
North Idaho.
The Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) Pend Oreille
Area will hold an open house Tuesday, February
23 at the IDL Sandpoint office and Thursday,
February 25 at the IDL Bonners Ferry office.
Everyone is invited to take part in this
opportunity to meet and talk with staff, attend
presentations, and learn about the various
programs managed by the Department of Lands.
Personnel in Forest Management, Fire Management,
Forest Legacy, Navigable Waters, Forest
Stewardship, and Log Scaling will showcase their
tools of the trade and answer questions.
Both open house location schedules will take
place from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Refreshments
will be served. Presentations will follow this
schedule:
4:00 p.m. – Welcome and Introductions
4:15 – 4:30 p.m. – Forestry Assistance
4:40 – 4:55 p.m. – Navigable Waters
5:10 – 5:25 p.m. – Endowment Management
5:35 – 5:50 p.m. – Forest Assessment – what is
this on your tax bill?
The offices are located at:
Sandpoint Meeting, Tuesday, February 23
Pend Oreille Forest Protective District
2550 Hwy 2 W
Sandpoint, ID 83864
208-263-5104
Bonners Ferry Meeting, Thursday,
February 25
Kootenai Valley Forest Protective District
6327 Main
Bonners Ferry, ID 83805
208-267-5577
IDL’s duties are broad and diverse. IDL manages
approximately 973,000 acres of timbered
endowment land for long-term sustainable
harvest. IDL manages a total of 2.4 million
surface acres of endowment lands across the
state and leases the lands for several different
activities. We protect 6.3 million acres of
mostly State and privately owned timbered land
from fire, focusing on initial attack and
suppressing fires as quickly as possible to
protect lives, property, and important timber
assets.
IDL also manages the lands beneath Idaho’s
navigable lakes and rivers. We have several
regulatory responsibilities such as
administering the Oil and Gas Conservation Act;
the Surface Mining Act, Dredge and Placer Mining
Act, and Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act; and the
Forest Practices Act.
IDL assists Idahoans through several Forestry
Assistance programs. We work with large and
small forest landowners with Forest Stewardship
Plans; work to keep Idaho forests healthy,
minimizing insect and disease risk; administer
the Forest Legacy conservation easements;
oversee grants to communities for wildfire
mitigation; and engage the Forest Service on
federal forest management issues in Idaho as
part of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire
Management Strategy. We also house the Idaho
Board of Scaling Practices.
To learn more about these and other IDL issues
and resources, and to participate in our
discussion and have your questions answered,
plan to attend our open house at the times and
locations noted above.
Refreshments will be served! |
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