Idaho Panhandle National Forest
- Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Infobox_protected_area | name = Idaho Panhandle National Forest
iucn_category = VI
caption =
locator_x = 50
locator_y = 17
location = Idaho-Montana-Washington, USA
nearest_city = Spokane, WA
lat_degrees = 47
lat_minutes = 43
lat_seconds = 0
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 116
long_minutes = 13
long_seconds = 0
long_direction = W
area = 3.22 million acres (13,050 km²)
established = 1912
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
governing_body = U.S. Forest Service
Idaho Panhandle National Forest is a national forest located in the U.S. state of Idaho. Approximately 22.4% of the forest (in the Kaniksu portion) extends into the states of Montana (14.1%) and Washington (8.3%). The forest was combined in 2000 from three previous separate National Forests which continue to manage themselves somewhat separately through district offices. The Coeur d'Alene, St. Joe, and Kaniksu National Forests merged to form a 3,224,739-acre (5,038.66 sq mi, or 13,050.06 km²) [ [http://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/lar/2007/TABLE_6.htm Table 6 - NFS Acreage by State, Congressional District and County] - United States Forest Service - September 30, 2007] forest in northern Idaho (better known as the Idaho Panhandle). The northernmost portion of the forest shares a boundary with Canada. Forest headquarters are located in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
Currently, their forest management plan claims that they intend to deforest half of the area they administer (slightly over 1.5 million out of 3.2 million acres), and sell it to timber companies. [ [http://www.fs.fed.us/ipnf/eco/manage/forestplan/] - September 9, 2008]
References
Further reading
*Ferguson, D.E. and A.C. Zack. (2006). "Establishment record for the Wellner Cliffs Reseach Natural Area: Priest River Experimental Forest, Idaho Panhandle National Forests, Bonner County, Idaho" [RMRS General Technical Report GTR-170WWW] . Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
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