Who is the Panhandle Forest Collaborative?

The Panhandle Forest Collaborative is a collaborative group that actively seeks to involve representatives from diverse perspectives, needs, and expertise, including federal and state agencies, community nonprofit organizations, county commissioners, economic development, contractors, forest industry representatives, environmental and conservation groups, elected officials, concerned community members, landowners, tribes, recreation interests (motorized and non-motorized), and local businesses.

Panhandle Forest Collaborative Approach:

The Panhandle Forest Collaborative focuses on issues on the Idaho Panhandle National Forest, primarily within the Sandpoint, Priest Lake and portions of the Coeur d'Alene Ranger Districts, with the goals of reducing litigation, promoting sustainable operations, enhancing travel and recreation opportunities, maintaining infrastructure for timber, ranching and recreation, and conserving native ecosystems. By building communication and connectivity between on-going local community efforts and county, state and federal agencies, the Collaborative works as a group to provide consensus recommendations for project and forest plans which address our goals.