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FEB NIBJ: Timber!

by CAROLYN BOSTICK
Staff Writer | January 27, 2026 1:00 AM

Looking back at local logging practices within his lifetime, Kootenai County Timber and Agriculture Department Forester Colton Smith said safety concerns led to the biggest shifts in technology.

"The loggers here used to 'yard' timber, we’re talking a tower with a big boom on it," Smith said.

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