NATIONAL FORESTS -- Some Idaho Panhandle National Forests’ offices will be closed Wednesday to allow Forest Service employees to attend classroom training prior to the summer field season.

 Offices closed on June 22 (one day) include:

·        Bonners Ferry Ranger District (Bonners Ferry)
·        Sandpoint Ranger District (Sandpoint)
·        Priest Lake Ranger District (Priest River)
·        Coeur d’Alene River Ranger District (Silver Valley Office in Smelterville)
·        Coeur d’Alene River Ranger District (Fernan office)
·        Coeur d’Alene Nursery (Coeur d’Alene)
·        St. Joe Ranger District (St. Maries, Avery and Clarkia).

The above-listed offices will reopen on Thursday, June 23.

Remaining open are the Coeur d’Alene Interagency Dispatch Center and the Idaho Panhandle National Forests’ Supervisor’s Office in Coeur d’Alene.