Welcome to Idaho Women In Timber

Key Natural Resource Concepts

Sustainable forestry integrates social, economic, and ecological needs.

Foresters can manage for the re-occurrence of desirable outcomes.

We can meet our material needs while protecting forest ecosystems.

Trees capture & store (i.e., 'sequester') carbon.

Nature is dynamic: everything is connected and constantly changing.

Forestry is capital intensive.

The highest technology is employed in the woods, mills and labs.

Wood bioenergy produces less air pollution than fossil fuel energy.

Incentives are better than regulations.

Regulations exist to protect water, air, soil, fish and wildlife.

The forest products industry is rich in career opportunities.

Educators have a special responsibility