Forestry and Fire Managment
Dedicated to preserving, enhancing and developing the forest resources for the Coeur d’Alene people.
The Coeur d’Alene Tribal Forestry program has three major responsibilities: Forest Management, Forest Development and Fire Management. The program consists of ten positions filled by twenty-two employees. The positions include: Forest Manager, Foresters, Forest Development Forester, Forestry Technicians, Fire Management Officer, Fuels Technician, Fleet Manager, Firefighters, Timber Accountant and Administrative Assistant.
Forestry
The Forest Manager administers the tribal forestry and fire management programs. These programs strive to maintain an environmentally healthy forest to insure future production of desired forest products. Management guidelines are established for both tribal and allotted lands in a forest management plan. Foresters are responsible for planning, scheduling, directing and managing all forest management and development activities. Forestry Technicians assist the foresters, as well as work independently to conduct seedling survival studies, timber marking, timber and realty cruises and fire suppression activities.
Forest Development
This program focuses on applying silviculture activities such as reforestation, pre-commercial thinning, pruning, site preparation, cone collection and tree improvement.
Fire Management
The Fire Management Officer is assisted by a Fuels Technician, Fleet Manager and nine seasonal fire fighters. They work cooperatively with local, state and federal agencies to protect tribal, allotted and fee lands against catastrophic wildfires. They also use prescribed burning to prepare planting sites, initiate underburning to increase forage and reduce fuel loading, and maintain a defensible space program to protect tribal homes from fire.
Timber Accountant & Admin. Assistant
Collects, records and disburses timber sale revenues and monitors departmental budgets and personnel records respectively.
Standard Forms
Bid Proposal Form
Part B Standard Provisions
Timber Sales
2023 Allotment 166 Cutting Permit | 4/12/2023
2023 Allotment 166 Cutting Permit | PDF
Sealed bids in duplicate, on forms provided therefor, available from Coeur d’Alene Tribal Forestry, marked outside “Proposal for Timber, 2022 Allotment 166 Cutting Permit”, will be received until 10:00 A.M. local time on April 12, 2023 at the Tribal Forestry Office. Bids will be opened at the Coeur d’Alene Tribal Forestry Office, 402 Anne Antelope Avenue, Plummer, Idaho. For sale is a 12-acre tract of timber within the Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation within Allotment 166. The logging unit is located in portions of Section 25, Township 46 North, Range 6 West, Boise Meridian, Benewah County, Idaho.
Permit | PDF
Shippnuntm | 4/12/2023
Shippnuntm Logging Unit | PDF| Map
Sealed bids in duplicate, on forms provided therefore, available from Coeur d’Alene Tribal Forestry, marked outside “Proposal for Timber, Shippnuntm Logging Unit”, will be received until 11:00 A.M. Local Time on April 12th, 2023 at the Coeur d’Alene Tribal Forestry Office. Bids will be opened at the Coeur d’Alene Tribal Forestry Office, 402 Ann Antelope Avenue, Plummer, Idaho. For sale is a tract of timber within the Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation described as the Shippnuntm Logging Unit. The sale is located in portions of Section 31 of Township 47 North, Range 4 West of Boise Meridian, Benewah County, Idaho.
Prospectus | PDF
Detailed cruise information and sale requirements
Contract | PDF
Sale requirements spelled out in sample contract.
Stubby Lake | 4/12/2023
Stubby Lake Logging Unit | PDF| Map
Sealed bids in duplicate, on forms provided therefore, available from Coeur d’Alene Tribal Forestry, marked outside “Proposal for Timber, Stubby Lake Logging Unit”, will be received until 10:00 A.M. Local Time on April 12th, 2023 at the Coeur d’Alene Tribal Forestry Office. Bids will be opened at the Coeur d’Alene Tribal Forestry Office, 402 Ann Antelope Avenue, Plummer, Idaho. For sale is a tract of timber within the Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation described as the Stubby Lake Logging Unit. The sale is located in portions of Section 7 of Township 46 North, Range 4 West of Boise Meridian, Benewah County, Idaho.
Prospectus | PDF
Detailed cruise information and sale requirements
Contract | PDF
Sale requirements spelled out in sample contract.