"Enhancing Native Wild Huckleberry Stands 

for More Berries & Economic Opportunity"

 

Friday July 29th,2005

 Elk River, Idaho 

Elk River Community Center

 

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“Markets & Opportunities for Wild Huckleberries!” By Jim Freed, Natural Resource Professor in Special Forest Products, WSU Extension

 

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                          “Creating a Successful Direct Marketing Strategy!”

            By Cinda Williams, Sustainable Agriculture Coordinator, University of Idaho

 

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“Roles for Brokers and Pickers in the Wild Berry Industry”

                         By Malcolm Dell, owner, Idaho Redneck Gourmet Gifts

 

“Opportunities in Value-Added Huckleberry Gourmet Foods!”

               By Malcolm Dell, owner, Idaho Redneck Gourmet Gifts

 

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“Cultural Practices for Improving Yields in Wild Huckleberry Stands!”

            Dr. Dan Barney, Horticulturist

Superintendent, University of Idaho-Sandpoint Research & Extension Center

 

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FIELD DEMONSTRATION:

Pros & Cons of Commercial Harvesting with “Rakes”

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“Cultural Practices for Improving Yields in Wild Huckleberry Stands!”

Dr. Danny Barney heads a "hands on" discussion.

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Participants learn about in depth huckleberry "details"...

 

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Measuring huckleberry growth...

 

 

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Dr. Dan showing the huckleberry rake and demonstrating how to use it. 

 

 

 

 LANDOWNER PANEL

“Opportunities & Challenges for Management & Harvesting of Wild Huckleberries

through Leases and Contracts with Owners of the Huckleberry Resource”

PANEL PARTICIPANTS:

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        Larry Ross, Palouse District Ranger, Clearwater National Forest

 

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Nolan Noren, Idaho Department of Lands

 

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 Ray Geidl, Private Woodland Owner from Clearwater County

 

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Bill Davis and Shayne Watkins, Potlatch Corporation

 

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