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Forest Utilization Research asks for workforce manager to train students on $2M in logging technology

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The Forest Utilization Research Program (FURP) at the University of Idaho requested funding for a workforce development manager to train student employees on recently acquired advanced forestry equipment; the program emphasized its workforce-training mission and initial private funding of new equipment.

Kevin Campbell, budget and policy analyst, presented the Forest Utilization Research (FURP) program's FY2026 request and said FURP is part of the University of Idaho's College of Natural Resources. "FERR has 13.28 authorized FTP with a half FTP vacant," Campbell told the committee while summarizing personnel and expenditure patterns.

Dennis Becker, dean of the College of Natural Resources and director of the Forest Utilization Research Program, told…

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