University of Idaho Extension will offer an all-day white pine restoration workshop June 13 in Sandpoint. “It used to be the major species in the Inland Northwest, especially in North […] ...

Mountain pine beetle-killed trees at Lookout Pass in 2002. Provided by Idaho Dept of Lands. Bark beetles are only about the size of a grain of rice. But for such tiny critters, they can take a big ...

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- If you want to impress your friends with your tree knowledge on your next hike, check out the upcoming class from UI Extension Forestry.

Sports; Outdoors; Saving the trees: Coeur d’Alene Nursery plays major role in whitebark pine conservation June 21, 2024 Updated Mon., June 24, 2024 at 7:49 a.m.

It starts with the cones. They’re usually gathered in the wild, from whitebark pine trees several thousand feet above sea level somewhere in the West. The cones get shipped to the U.S. Forest ...