Owyhee County Reports
The Policy Analysis Group periodically publishes reports on the state of the National Forest Inventory in Owyhee county. The Policy Analysis Group looks at the state of the forest products industry, forest inventory stocks and how they have changed over time.
Available Reports
Forest Resource Condition (2022)
This report explores our national forest inventory plots in the county. It first breaks down the current conditions by ownership, forest type and overall land use. It then explores how those conditions have been changing over time, highlighting carbon disturbance and management.
Economic Contribution (2022)
This report explores how the forest sector affects the local economy. It focuses on the last two decades of timber harvest, jobs and gross domestic product. It also breaks down this year's numbers by subsectors for both direct and indirect effects.
Upcoming Reports
Wildfire
Our Wildfire Report will take a long-term look at the acreage within the county subject to wildfire, breaking it down across current land use and ownership. It will then break that data down further for the last decade, bringing in burn intensity categories.
Forest Density
Our Forest Density Report will combine cutting edge U of I research on the maximum density across the landscape with satellite data imputed tree cover across the county. It will detail forest density metrics, acreage by ownership, land use and relative density classes.