Set in the foreground near Moscow Mountain sits the Franklin H. Pitkin Forest Nursery, part of the College of Natural Resources Center for Forest Nursery and Seedling Research. There, on most Saturday mornings, you will find a dedicated group of students and alumni committed to one thing: the sport of cutting wood.
As the University of Idaho’s second oldest athletic club, the UI Logger Sports Club, led by mechanical engineering major and team captain Paul Riebe accommodates for a strong niche of athletes from very diverse backgrounds who have been affected by the cancelation of campus-wide activity.
Last fall, the team was gifted pumpkins from Soil Stewards Student Farm, a university ran farm in Moscow, for their annual fall show, which brings together collegiate logger athletes from all over the Pacific Northwest.