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Source: Premier Forest Products What are the Benefits and Advantages of Using Wood Why is building with wood better for the. environment? Of any commonly used building materials, one of the advantages of using wood in construction is that it has the lowest energy consumption and the lowest C02 emission. Due to wood’s thermal insulation properties, […]
We threw together this gallery of some of our favorite projects from 2015 using our Blue-Pine Beetle Kill Wood. Browse our favorite hardwood flooring and wood paneling photos below and get inspired for your next project! And while you are at it, learn more about Montana’s Beetle Kill Pine.
Source: Dovetail Partners Carbon in Wood Products Trees and the products made from them store carbon – and lots of it. Where does the carbon come from? How much carbon is stored, and how is the quantity of carbon determined? These and other questions are addressed in this fact sheet. Carbon Storage in Trees Trees […]
Find out what could undermine the plans to cut carbon emissions in the US. Source: Washington Post We tend to have a greatly oversimplified view of the planet’s carbon problem — and therefore, of what we have to do to solve it. The general notion is that it’s all about fossil fuels, and so if we stop […]
Source: Inside Sources There are few things Democrats and Republicans in Washington can agree upon. One is that the western wildfire problem has gotten out of control. From the overwhelming firefighting costs to the amount of acres at high fire risk due to challenges of drought, insects and fuels build-up, the issue has ballooned like […]
Source: Montana Wood Products Assoc. Forests Should Be For Everyone The national forests belong to all of our nation’s citizens and are managed by the United States Forest Service. The harvesting of trees to meet citizens’ daily needs is only one of the many uses of our forests. The forests also provide gas, oil, and […]
Every year we like to pick a favorite project based on pictures submitted by our customers. This year’s winner was in Mississippi. This happy customer purchased our new Rustic Collection Douglas Fir flooring in our Barnwood color. See their hardwood floor renovation below, as well as the specs of the flooring. SPECIES – Local salvaged […]
Introducing our Stonewash rustic gray hardwood floors! The newest color in our Rustic Collection family of Fir flooring. Our Rustic Collection accentuates weathered grain patterns, nail holes, and organic characteristics. Our 7-step finishing process includes hand-rubbed penetrating oils and a durable low/no VOC protective finish coat. Stone washing is a proprietary process that transforms our […]
Source: National Geographic THE BUGS THAT EAT PINE TREES One chilly morning in October 2013, Diana Six parked her white Subaru at the edge of a pine forest in southwestern Montana’s Big Hole Valley. Beneath snow-tipped peaks, lodgepole pines in four different colors draped the hillside—a timeline of carnage. The gray ones, now just trunks […]
Source: Daily Mail These black and white photos capture the arduous lives and history of lumberjacks and the logging industry in the 1800s. Lumberjacks back then felled enormous trees using only hand tools and brute strength. Lumberjack style has recently come back in vogue, with city slickers and suburbanites donning the flannel shirts of the […]
Source: Mother Nature Network By: Starre Vartan The numbers are in. In the United States, which contains 8 percent of the world’s forests, there are more trees than there were 100 years ago. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), “Forest growth nationally has exceeded harvest since the 1940s. By 1997, forest growth exceeded harvest […]
Just completed this project with Urban BBQ Company in Linthicum, Maryland. Featured is our Pre-Fab Wood Wall Panels. Looking for great BBQ, cold beer, and great atmosphere; then swing on in.
Source: About.com Forest carbon sequestration is a fanciful term for how much carbon capture there is in a given forest. In other words, what is the carbon storage in a forest? There really is no rule of thumb figure that can describe just how much carbon a forest can capture and store. It depends on […]
Finished up this great remodel with KJN Builders out of Waukesha, WI. The client Nordco was looking to add some warmth with an industrial rustic design to their office space. Featured here is our All Natural Prefab Pallet Wood Panels. Each panel is 4 square feet with no repeating pattern. Installation is quick, clean, and easy; […]