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Dennis Becker is the Director of the Policy Analysis Group [PAG} within the College of Natural Resources [CNR] at the University of Idaho.

Kurt Pregitzer is an affable and unpretentious man, not what you'd expect from a PhD forest ecologist who ranks in the top one-half of one percent of the world’s most frequently cited authors.

A sea change in how federal judges view collaborative forest restoration is underway. The transformation is revealed in the anatomy of two recent rulings.

The 1967 Sundance Fire will be remembered in four ceremonies marking the fiftieth anniversary of the tragic northern Idaho conflagration.

Two U.S Forest Service Supervisors discuss their commitments to congressionally-blessed Good Neighbor Authority projects.

Timber and tourism have prospered side by side in Northern Idaho for decades.

In this interview, Groeschl answers questions concerning Good Neighbor Authority [GNA], implementing legislation embedded in the 2014 Farm Bill that permits the Forest Service and the Idaho Department of Lands to partner with one another on high priority forest restoration projects on National Forests in Idaho.

Change. In this exclusive and quite timely Evergreen interview, Governor Otter offers his thoughts on the significance of President-elect Trump's improbable victory and the millions of acres of federal forest and rangeland that is in environmental crisis. Somewhere between 80 and 90 million acres of federal forest land in the West are on the brink of ecological collapse. These lands are vital to our entire nation’s social, economic and environmental health. We have a lot of work to do and not much time left in which to get it done.

It is a myth to say Categorical Exclusions will over-ride federal environmental laws and exempt logging from any analysis or disclosure of adverse environmental impacts and eliminate public involvement

In this forest collaboration interview David Ehrmantrout discusses the necessity of thinning in order to keep our forests healthy and evolving.

In this interview, Ms. Keough discusses member differences of opinion concerning the value and effectiveness of forest collaboration.

In this interview, Bob Boeh discusses his almost thirty-year history of forest collaboration with conservationists.

In this interview, Marc Brinkmeyer discusses the Idaho Forest Group's long time commitment to Forest Collaboration.

In this interview, Phil Hough discusses the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness group and the role of collaboration in creating balanced forest plans.

In this interview, Chad Hudson discusses some of the issues being addressed by The Panhandle Forest Collaborative.

In this interview, Mary Farnsworth discusses the role of forest collaboration in preparing disaster plans for large scale fires.

In this interview, Liz Johnson-Gebhardt discusses her transformation from “typical granola” to her leadership role in Idaho's oldest forest collaborative.

Part 5 in a series about forest collaboration. In this interview, Scott Atkison IFG's embracing of collaborative projects.

Part 4 in a series about forest collaboration. In this interview, Mary Farnsworth discusses collaborative projects undertaken by the Forest Service.

Part 3 in a series about forest collaboration. In this interview, Glen Bailey discusses opportunities presented by collaboration.

Part 2 in a series about forest collaboration. In this interview, Mike Petersen explains his hopes regarding collaboration with former adversaries.