Kindergarten teacher brings her love of the outdoors inside her classroom Wendy Peppersack is native Idahoan and an avid outdoors woman. She loves archery, hunting, fishing, hiking, backpacking, camping and landscape photography. It’s no surprise that her love for the outdoors makes its way inside her classroom. “I think it is so important for children…
Every fall, for the last 27 years, the Idaho Forest Products Commission sponsors an annual Forest Products Week Essay Contest. This year’s submissions were exceptional! “Our judges had a difficult task this year. In fact, we had so many terrific essays that we awarded first place and honorable mentions in six divisions instead of the…
Olivia Shan had an idea: she wanted to connect a group of at-risk kids from a north Idaho high school to nature. “We wanted to give the students a way to connect with nature, learn about our native tree species and be introduced to natural resource careers,” says Olivia. After hearing about a grant opportunity…
To encourage, recognize and support the creative and innovative use of wood in architectural design, the Idaho Forest Products Commission sponsors a Design With Wood Competition for students from the University of Idaho School of Art and Architecture and Washington State University‘s Architectural Studies Program. More than 100 students participated in this year’s event! U-Idaho’s Brannon Jordan of Minneapolis was the…
Ann Hewitt’s 5th grade class was recently treated to lessons in forestry with Dr. Dan Miller (who also happens to be Hewitt’s dad) during a forestry tour in the woods of North Idaho. Miller knows a thing or two about forestry. In addition to being a guide on nearly 40 Idaho Forest Products tours…