Students sharpen timber skills at Idaho State Forestry Contest
Lake City High School junior Ava Stone measures a tree Thursday morning during a timber cruising activity as part of the 42nd annual Idaho State Forestry Contest at Farragut State Park.
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Boundary County Middle School eighth grader Aryanna Beyers uses a clinometer to measure trees Thursday morning during the Idaho State Forestry Contest at Farragut State Park.
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Selle Valley Carden School fourth grader Caleb Butler writes down measurements at the rookie log scaling station Thursday morning during the 42nd annual Idaho State Forestry Contest.
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Homeschooled seventh grader Gabriel Otis of Sandpoint inspects a ninebark shrub Thursday morning during the Idaho State Forestry Contest.
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Compasses dangle from a pole at the start of the compass and pacing station Thursday morning at Farragut State Park.
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ATHOL — Cruising around a tall pine with a small measuring tape, Ava Stone examined the numbers and wrote them down on a paper secured to her clipboard.
"It's the diameter, and then you take a clinometer from the 66 foot back and then the 100 foot back, then you look up and get the height to find out the board foot volume," she said Thursday morning.
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