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DENNIS BECKER: DIRECTOR POLICY ANALYSIS GROUP, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO COLLEGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Editor’s Note: Dennis Becker is the Director of the Policy Analysis Group [PAG] within the College of Natural Resources

Kurt Pregitzer: Dean, University of Idaho College of Natural Resources
Editor’s note: This is the first in a continuing series of interviews with faculty members at the University of

A Sea Change In How Federal Judges View Collaborative Forest Restoration Projects
A sea change in how federal judges view collaborative forest restoration projects is underway. It is plainly visible in rulings

The Sundance Fire Remembered
Northern Idaho’s 1967 Sundance Fire will be remembered in four solemn ceremonies later this month, including one honoring the

An Unparalleled Teaching Moment
Idaho’s timber and tourism sectors have prospered side-by-side in our Panhandle region since the end of World War II.

MARY FARNSWORTH AND CHERYL PROBERT: Good Neighbors to Know
Mary Farnsworth and Cheryl Probert are, respectively, the Forest Supervisors on the Idaho Panhandle and Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests. More

DAVID GROESCHL: IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF LANDS...LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOR
David Groeschl [rhymes with “special”] is Idaho State Forester and Deputy Director of the Idaho Department of Lands. One of

BARRY WYNSMA: CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS “DE-MYTH-TIFIED”
“Categorical Exclusions will over-ride federal environmental laws and exempt logging from any analysis or disclosure of adverse environmental impacts and

Forest Collaboration: David Ehrmantrout
“Many people have been chasing consistent and viable forest thinning programs - what you are calling ‘certainty’ - for most

Embracing Forest Collaboration: Shawn Keough
“I am extremely frustrated. I am vice-chair of the Senate Finance Committee in Idaho and sit on the Transportation and

Embracing Forest Collaboration: Bob Boeh
“Collaboration is a tool – just like a lot of other tools Congress has given the Forest Service to help it

Embracing Forest Collaboration: Marc Brinkmeyer
“Certainty is a two-way street. We believe Idaho needs a wilderness bill for the same reasons that we need certainty