Farragut focus of logging concerns
Recent prescribed logging projects at Farragut State Park have frequent visitors worried about the loss of a North Idaho recreation landmark, but officials say the forest will be back and healthier. Photo courtesy Mike Lee.
For decades logging projects at Farragut State Park have aimed to clear areas of the woods for restoration and rehabilitation, but frequent visitors fear the thinning forest won't grow back to its former glory. Photo courtesy Mike Lee.
Logging at Farragut State Park isn't new to some frequent visitors, who worry it will only get worse.
In 2016, Idaho Fish and Game attempted to preserve Farragut's white pine forest areas by logging 70 acres of the 4,000-acre forest for open space that would allow species to re-establish...
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