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.
May 9, 2025
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May 9, 2025 1:08 a.m.
Students sharpen timber skills at Idaho State Forestry Contest
Students sharpen timber skills at Idaho State Forestry Contest
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.