Author: rpalma
Source: Missoulian A lawsuit challenging a timber sale north of Seeley Lake shows either the U.S. Forest Service can’t follow the law or some environmental groups can’t agree to work together. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Friends of the Wild Swan, Montana Ecosystem Defense Council and Native Ecosystems Council all sued the Forest […]
Picture compliments of: Big Sky Country Photos We live in an incredible state so for fun we thought we’d post a Montana trivia question once a week. Montana Trivia Question #1 Question– What town holds the national record for the greatest drop in temperature in 24 hours, for a 100 degree drop on January 23, […]
Most of our customers know we live in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. What many don’t know is that a small little beetle (Mountain Pine Beetle) about the size of a grain of rice has killed millions of acres across Montana, the Western U.S., and Canada. So what happens to these trees? After the […]
Source – Missoulian Montana received a $4 million federal grant Wednesday to purchase a 9,300-acre conservation easement from Stimson Lumber Co. near Troy. The easement will help protect some of the state’s best native fisheries and wildlife habitat, officials said. The grant was announced by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and awarded through […]
A friend of mine in the lumber industry asked if our Douglas Fir flooring could be classified as an exotic wood. Being that I live in Montana and see Douglas Fir trees every day I never looked at it as being exotic. It wasn’t until I started to look into the term “exotic wood” that […]