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This photo shows the Prichard Blowdown unit, a 28-acre patch of blowdown near Prichard from the December 2025 windstorm. The Forest Service already issued a decision in March to salvage log this particular unit to reduce wildfire hazards, recover economic value from the wood, and reduce the risk of insect and disease from further damaging the stand.

This photo shows the Prichard Blowdown unit, a 28-acre patch of blowdown near Prichard from the December 2025 windstorm. The Forest Service already issued a decision in March to salvage log this particular unit to reduce wildfire hazards, recover economic value from the wood, and reduce the risk of insect and disease from further damaging the stand.

June 26, 2026

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USFS eyes emergency logging in Idaho
June 26, 2026 1:06 a.m.

USFS eyes emergency logging in Idaho

Includes nearly a million acres in Idaho Panhandle Forest

The notice, issued by the USFS Northern Regional office in Missoula, said that the “emergency salvage” effort is a response to the straight-line and high wind events in December 2025 and April 2026. The Forest Service said that the windstorms created large patches of overturned or “downed” trees.