Panhandle Forest Collaborative

VISION

By assisting the agencies to bring balanced approaches to timber, wild ecosystems and recreation, the Panhandle Forest Collaborative (PFC) will help to contribute to sustainable social, environmental and economic viability within our region.

PANHANDLE FOREST COLLABORATIVE PROPOSED APPROACH

The Panhandle Forest Collaborative will focus 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, we will work as a group to provide consensus recommendations for project and forest plans which address our goals.

MEET THE FOREST COLLABORATIVE

Chris Bachman, Conservation Representative
Jeff Bynum, Conservation Representative
Jeff Connolly, County Representative
John Dabrowski, Recreation Representative
Kurt Dyroff, Conservation Representative
John Finney, Motorized Recreation Representative
Mike Gaertner, Non-motorized Recreation Representative
Alan Harper, Timber Representative
Phil Hough, Community Non-profit Representative
Travis Icardo, Hunting Representative
Liz Johnson-Gebhardt, Community Non-profit Representative
Eric Nave, Timber Representative
Mike Petersen, Conservation Representative
Peg Polichio, State Representative
Brad Smith, Conservation Representative
Kevin Wade, Non-motorized Recreation Representative
Laura Wolf, State Agency Representative

Meetings and Documents

The PFC meets on the third Wednesday of every other month from 12:30PM-4:00 PM at the Bonner Country Administration Building in Sandpoint, ID unless stated otherwise.

Panhandle Forest Collaborative Protocols (Updated January 2018)

Current Projects

US Forest Service's Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA) for the Idaho Panhandle National Forest. General planning information for the Idaho Panhandle National Forest can be found here.