Author: rpalma
Source – Pyramid Mountain Lumber “A rumor can race around the world while the truth is just putting its shoes on.” — Mark Twain Myth: The early U.S. forest was a carpet of trees that extended from coast to coast. FACT: The pre-Columbian forest of 1600 covered less than half of the present-day U.S. […]
Question: What is the only state that has more acres of land being farmed than Montana’s 58.6 million acres? Answer: Texas, with 129 million cultivated acres. After Montana come Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Question: What percentage of Montana land is involved in farming or ranching? Answer: 63 percent, ranking […]
Did anyone watch this story on ABC news? A home in Bozeman Montana built with 100% made in America materials. Let me know what you think and reply back to our facebook page; I’d love to hear some feedback. Can’t argue the numbers, let’s all make a commitment to purchase made in America products and […]
Question: When officials at Great Norther Railroad in St. Paul needed to name stations along their new High Line in Montana, they did it by spinning a globe blindfolded and putting a finger on a spot, resulting in what towns? Answer: Malta – after the Mediterranean island; Haarlem – Netherlands (now Harlem); Glasgow […]
A common question we get is why is your Douglas Fir Flooring different than other suppliers and how is it handcrafted? Well we don’t have many secrets here at Sustainable Lumber Co. we’re pretty transparent and I think that is very obvious to our customers. We’re not optimized and as efficient as our competitors, nor […]