Inland Empire Society of American Foresters

By Dick Reid

When I worked for SAF in Bethesda, I and others on the staff participated with members from the National Capital SAF once a year to contact members whose membership had expired to learn why they hadn’t renewed and to hear any concerns. Frequently the response would be, “SAF hasn’t done anything for me,” or more assertively: “What has SAF done for me?”

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Celebrating a Century of Forestry in the Inland Northwest

In 1911 the Priest River Experimental Forest near the town of Priest River in the Idaho panhandle was established as a base for research on tree species in the Pacific Coast forest region, principally western white pine, the prized tree species. Its establishment signaled the early importance of the Inland Northwest to the fledgling U.S. Forest Service and forestry profession. Over the years researchers such as Bob Marshall, Harry Gisborne, and Richard Bingham used the experimental forest to gather information important to the evolution of forestry practices and to the early economic and cultural development of the region and nation.

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