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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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lands magazine, National Woodlands

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YOUR IFOA THANKS YOU!

Another busy year for IFOA

is soon coming to an end, and it’s

time for all of us to vote for our

choices to fill the four expiring IFOA

Director terms for next year.

Every year, Active category

IFOA members have the opportunity

to declare their intent to help IFOA

continue to accomplish relevant

work on behalf of family forestry -

by declaring to run for an IFOA Di-

rector position and also by voting for

their choice of candidates running.

The Campaign Statements of

the candidates for the 2021-2023

term are included in this IFOA

Newsletter and are posted on IFOA’s

website: www.idahoforestowners.org By November 15 each year,

all Active category IFOA members

are mailed a ballot to vote for their

choices among the six listed candi-

dates. The mail-in polls close on No-

vember 30, so please use the self-

addressed return envelope enclosed

with your ballot to cast your impor-

tant vote and mail it to arrive no later

than November 30, 2019!

Let your voice be heard so

IFOA can serve you best! Vote for

your Directors, then volunteer to

work on any project where you have

an interest!

Enjoy your IFOA!

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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

IFOA Newsletter Autumn 2020

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

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


[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


[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


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


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 8)


teer to man IFOA table at conference. 2018 Stimson property tour for silviculture management.


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.


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.)


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 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 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 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.

♦END♦




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.


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.

Quarterly Log Market Report


Timber Cruising & Appraisals Forest Management Plans Timber Sales

Insect and Disease Management “Fire Safe” Management

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(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]

Autumn 2020 IFOA Newsletter

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

Business Card $8.75 $31.50 $12.50 $45.00

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

IFOA Holiday Gifts


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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. =

100/Pack number x $31.00 ea. =

All prices include Idaho Sales/Use tax for shipping postage, add $7.00/order = $7.00

Autumn 2020 TOTAL $ =

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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

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Documents

Idaho Forest Owners Association Autumn 2020 IFOA Newsletteridahoforestowners.org/Autumn 2020 IFOA Newsletter.pdf · Doug Bradetich received an Idaho Tree Farm Inspector of the Millennium