Advisory committee sets March meeting, agenda

The Idaho Forest Practices Act Advisory Committee will meet in person on Thursday, March 23, at the Associated Logging Contractors office, 10589 S. Highway 95, Coeur d’Alene, and by video conference from the Idaho Department of Lands’ Garnet West conference room, 300 N. Sixth, Boise. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Pacific time.

The purpose of FPAAC, as established by Idaho Code, is to provide technical assistance to IDL and the Idaho State Board of Land commissioners in matters relating to the Idaho Forest Practices Act. The committee typically meets two or three times per year depending on current issues. It is comprised of nine voting members appointed by the IDL director for three-year terms. Members include a fisheries biologist; a nonindustrial private forest landowner; two forest landowners, one north Idaho resident and one south Idaho resident; two resident forest operators, one from north Idaho and one from south Idaho; two informed citizens resident in north and south Idaho; and an at-large member.

The FPAAC agenda includes the 2016 Forest Practices Program implementation results and 2017 field season plans for the streamside tree-retention rule Shade Effectiveness and Operational Monitoring Studies.

The public is invited to the meeting and an RSVP is required for any person wishing to attend. For further information, or to RSVP, contact Gary Hess by calling 208-666-8636 or ghess@idl.idaho.gov.