Timber industry careers rewarding, welcoming for female workers
Erin Roos is seen on a prescribed burn when she worked for the Idaho Department of Lands about 12 years ago. Roos is a third-generation forester, following in the footsteps of her grandfather and father.
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Intermountain Logging Conference board member Erin Roos with daughter Reagan and dad Doug Bradetich, a past ILC president, are pictured at the ILC Equipment Show in Spokane in April 2023.
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Forester Erin Roos participates in a woods tour in McCall during an Ikola Logging job in July of 2019. Roos is a third-generation forester. "People like to say I have sawdust in my blood," she said.
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Jahzerah "Jahz" Goldberg is a production operator for Idaho Forest Group. She is seen at work Sept. 9.
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Although she followed in the footsteps of her father and grandfather, Erin Roos has carved her own way into the timber industry.
"People like to say I have sawdust in my blood," she said during a Sept. 3 phone interview. "I grew up around it; it's been a major part of my life. It keeps the community in the Sandpoint area going."
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