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Logger Sports Club
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 Known as the Associated Foresters of the University of Idaho in 1912, the Logger Sports Club has since become a social and service organization in the department of Forest Products that draws its student membership from many colleges. A competitive side of the club is the Logger Sports Team that participates in intercollegiate woodsmen's shows throughout the Northwest during the Spring Semester. Two scholarships from the UI Experimental Forest and the Russell William Oliver Memorial Scholarship Endowment are used to help recruit team members. Lumberjack competition for men and women in regional contests include traditional events such as birling, pole climbing, axe throwing, cross-cut sawing and chopping.
In 2006, the UI teams hosted the AWFC Forestry Conclave sponsored by Stihl and Carhart. There were eleven teams for 7 different states. This event rotates within the region from California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. To view the results as a PDF file (large file, may take a few minutes the first time on a dial up connection), click here.
The students hold the annual UI Logger Jamboree held on campus and attend various contests at other colleges and universities throughout the year. Travel and equipment funds are largely generated through the sale of firewood, private donations and work projects within the College of Natural Resources and neighboring communities. The club continues to maintain a close association with area loggers and professional logging competitors in the region. These individuals provide technical services, instruction and training in the art and science of becoming a skilled woodsman.
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