Author: rpalma
Source: Missoulian The trend toward larger, hotter wildfires in this part of the country is rapidly becoming the new normal. In the four decades between 1960 and 1999, wildfires in the United States scorched more than 7 million acres in a single year just once. Since 2000? Eight times, with 2012 at 8.8 million acres […]
Source: Missoulian There’s nothing wrong with dissent – it is, after all, part of the American DNA – but neither is there anything wrong with dialogue, discussion and – if it can be reached – agreement, experimentation, success. Both styles have their uses, but the latter method in particular can possess a richness and resonance […]
We have now shipped our beetle kill pine slabs to just about every state in the country. Common uses consist of: counter tops, shelving, stair treads, table tops, and furniture. No order is too small or big, we’ll ship as small as one piece or as much as a semi truck load. Just like all […]
Source: Daily Herald Tribune Forest companies have spent tremendous resources redirecting their operations in order to limit the spread of mountain pine beetles. Their efforts are paying off, but there will be no rest during the winter. Weyerhaeuser and Canfor direct their clearcutting towards at-risk areas, after Sustainable Resources Development (SRD) has removed highly infected […]
Source:Ravalli Republic LOST TRAIL – Scott Grasser has seen it coming for years now. The steady march of red pine trees on the mountainsides around Salmon, Idaho, and in the Big Hole that announced the arrival of the mountain pine beetle. In the last few ski seasons at Lost Trail Powder Mountain, the area’s co-owner […]