Category: All News
Source – RISI Forest certification programs must be more than simply a strict standard. Responsible forestry must account for the fact that, by anyone’s definition, forests are a source of economic and social health as well as environmental benefits. It is more than just a product label. Without a “big picture” approach, according to the […]
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 […]
Courtesy of: Forestry USA Forestry is bringing back forests. – Until the 1920s, forests were often logged and abandoned. Now, across the country an average of 1.7 billion seedlings are planted annually. That translates into six seedlings planted for every tree harvested. In addition, billions of additional seedlings are regenerated naturally. Forestry helps water quality. […]
Question: A railroad man wanted to name a small town in the eastern part of the state after his daughters, Mary and Isabelle, resulting in what town? Answer: Ismay, with a population of 26, making it the smallest incorporated town in the state. Question: What town had the highest percentage of voter turnout in […]
Our locally harvested Montana dead standing timber is distributed across the globe. We have consistently received feedback about the amazing stability of our products, especially in humid climates. This prompted us to take a closer look at our wood under a microscope. We contacted Oregon State University College of Forestry and asked them to do […]
Salvage logging is the process of selective harvesting dead or diseased trees to improve the general health of a forest, especially in a protected growing areas. There as been some controversy in the past as to how salvage logging impacts the forest, but most of the controversy involves traditional mechanical logging methods. We are proud […]
Question: How tall is the Anaconda Copper Mining Company smelter smokestack in Anaconda, MT; the biggest freestanding masonry structure in the world? Answer: 585 feet; the Washington Monument could fit inside it
Source: The Times Leader Photo compliments of: Big Sky Country Photos What do trees have to do with energy? Trees and other plants are energy. They are the ultimate collectors of solar energy, using the energy of the sun to produce food through photosynthesis. Plants jump-start the entire food chain with this energy, synthesizing carbon-based food by […]
Question: What Montana reservoir is the 5th largest in the world? Answer: Fort Peck Reservoir, which is 134 miles long and up to 220 feet deep. It’s 1520 miles of shoreline is equal to the shoreline of California Question: What is the largest natural freshwater lake west of the Great Lakes, with 124 miles […]
Source: The Vancouver Sun Photo Compliments of: Big Sky Country Photos Imagine a situation in which an activist group with certain political ambitions and close ties to a computer manufacturer engaged in a campaign of threats against specific retailers. Targeted retailers were told that they must buy computers from only a select manufacturer (the one […]
Picture compliments of: Big Sky Country Photos Question: How many glaciers are in Glacier National Park? Answer: 48. The largest of which is Blackfoot Glacier at 420 acres Question: What percentage of the land in Glacier National Park is above the tree line? Answer: 33 percent