b'ITS A GREAT TIME TO GET AWAY FROM IT ALL IN IDAHOEven before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, PotlatchDelticsis appealing to rural buyers who are looking for a property without properties in Idaho were popular with urbanites in Westcovenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&Rs).Coast states like Washington, Oregon, and California. ButTie Creek, also near Orono, has now, with more people than ever looking to get away from itonly a few parcels remaining out of all, interest in rural properties is surging. the original 25.Several of the owners have built homes with stunning views We like to call this trendrecreationally distancing leaving the cityoverlooking the Dworshak Reservoir to have a second home or to live full-time in a place that offersand are taking advantage of the everything from hunting and shing to camping, kayaking, and hiking. Canyon Creek boat launch, which is Nationally, pageviews of homes in towns with fewer than 50,000just down the road.residents were up 87% year-over-year in May on the redn.com realParcels range from 20 to 24 acres, estate website, more than triple the 22% increase in pageviews ofwith attractive pricing in the $50,000-$60,000 range. The parcels are homes in cities with more than 1 million residents. very suitable for building, are nicely wooded and offer privacy from your And in Idaho, we saw the number of visitors checking out ourneighbors.PotlatchDeltic properties online increase 118% year-over-year in June, withThe Clearwater River is well-known for its great steelhead runs as well potential buyers viewing a total of 6,700 Idaho featured pages, anas chinook salmon, while the Dworshak Reservoir, the dammed north increase of 130% over the prior year.fork of the Clearwater, is popular for Kokanee Salmon and small-mouth PotlatchDeltics rural properties offer the potential for a great secondarybass.In fact, the state record smallmouth was just caught in early May home or simply a weekend camping property, said Ben Ballard,2020 from Dworshak Reservoir, at 22.75 inches.PotlatchDeltics Idaho real estate manager. Our properties offer theSportsman Estates near St. Maries buyer immediate use, with the benet of having a place to go when thehas sold out of its rst phase, but a city gets to be too much, either for the weekend, or right now, during thesecond phase is coming online soon.coronavirus crisis. In fact, some of the parcels in this next Ballard and the Idaho members of the PotlatchDeltic Preferred Brokerphase are already being spoken for, Network offer attractive, reasonably priced tracts in several rural plannedbefore even going online.communities that have proven to be popular with buyers from metroThe second phase of Sportsman Estates areas like Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco. includes four parcels from 6.5 to 11 Three of the communities are in the prime Clearwater Countyacres and four parcels that are 20+ recreational area of Orono: acres in size.Its located near the nationally known St. Joe River, an Huckleberry Estates has elk, white- exceptional shery for cutthroat trout and great rafting/tubing tailed deer and wild turkeys roamingrecreation spot, while the St. Maries River, the lesser-known tributary to the area, as well as the occasionalthe St. Joe, is just a few miles away, offering a quieter shing experience.ruffed grouse and other small gameIn addition, Sportsman Road, which passes through Sportsman Estates, animals.The year-round water inoffers access to tens of thousands of state-owned and privately-owned Whiskey Creek and other tributaries,timberlands that are open year round for hunting and recreation, along along with lush vegetation, create awith providing opportunities for foraging for huckleberries in the terric wildlife habitat. summer and prized morel mushrooms in the spring.While the area gets snow in the winter, it doesnt get as cold as higherA PotlatchDeltic property in this part of Idaho is a elevations, making this a great wintering habitat for most of the areaswonderful getaway thats within easy reach of nearby game species. In addition to hunting on the property, there are tens ofcities, yet it makes you feel a world away from urban life, thousands of acres of publicly accessible lands just up the highway, offeringBallard said.you the opportunity to both hunt on your own land and venture out to a wide expanse of hunting opportunity. To learn more about all the things our Idaho properties have to offer, Parcels range from 7 to 30 acres, all priced under $100,000. Thecontact a member of the Idaho PotlatchDeltic Preferred Broker Network community is within 10 miles of the quaint community of Orono andand recreationally distance. IN THE NEWS Read the full details for any of these stories at PotlatchDelticLandandHunt.comPOTLATCHDELTIC & ITS BROKERSLATAH REALTY JOINS IDAHO NAMED AS BEST BROKERAGES PREFERRED BROKER NETWORKPotlatchDeltic, along with 10 brokers in itsLatah Realty is a full-service real estate broker Preferred Broker Network have been namedbased in Moscow, Idaho. Their team have a among Americas Best Brokerages 2020 bycollective 144 years of real estate experience.As one of the longest running the prestigious The Land Report in the mostand the oldest continuously locally owned/managed real estate brokerage recent update of its annual survey. rms in Latah County, their agents are primarily long-time, local residents who understand the greater Latah County area and the communities and WHEN THE STOCK MARKET BECOMESClick for link to article. neighborhoods within it. Welcome to the team!VOLATILE, HOW LIKELY ARE YOU TOPOTLATCHDELTIC ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO SELL 72,000 INVEST IN LAND? ACRES IN MINNESOTA TO THE CONSERVATION FUNDThrough the LandThink Pulse Question in May2020, we asked andIn June, PotlatchDeltic announced an agreement to sell approximately 72,000 you answered!The online survey revealed that 40.6% ofacres in Minnesota to The Conservation Fund. The transaction is subject to respondents are VERY LIKELY to invest in land amid stock marketcustomary closing conditions and is expected to close before the end of the uncertainty. LandThink concluded that as fears around theyear. This outcome is a culmination of long-standing work by The Conservation coronavirus spread across the global economy, many investors areFund and PotlatchDeltic to achieve conservation and economic goals.With this looking for the calm in the storm and are moving out of stocks andtransaction and others underway, this partnership has been the catalyst to into safe haven assets like land. conserve more than 200,000 acres in Minnesota for various conservation 2 purposes, including working forests, protection of habitats and public access.'