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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
We at Sustainable Lumber Co. believe we have the finest Douglas Fir Flooring available. We know that sounds a bit arogant and we’re sorry, but here’s why: 100% of our Douglas Fir Flooring is sourced from either SFI Certified (Sustainable Forest Initiative) or salvaged dead standing timber. Our flooring is slowly custom kiln dried to […]
By: Peter Kolb, University of Montana Forest ecosystems are the combination of species, geology, topography, and climate tied together by physical and biotic processes specific to any one site, and most importantly occupied by trees as the dominant vegetation. A forest ecosystem may be as small as a tree branch microsite where mosses, insects, and […]
Photo compliments of: Big Sky Country Photos Question: How many different telephone area codes are there for Montana, the 3rd largest state in the continental U.S.? Answer: One: 406 Question: What are the only two states that have a population density less than Montana, which has an average of 6.2 people per square mile? […]
We are very excited about our new Douglas Fir pre-finished Natural Living Series. Our Natural Living series features a Tung Oil Floor Finish specifically formulated and designed for our Douglas Fir flooring. Finishing floors with Tung oil will provide years of enjoyment with very little maintenance for your busy lifestyle. Our Natural Living Series is […]
Photo Compliments of: Big Sky Country Photos Question: Montana is the 3rd largest state in the continental U.S. in regards to land mass. What 2 states are larger? Answer: Texas and California Question: What is the population of Montana? Answer: 989,415 Question: How many Montana town have a population of 10,000 or greater? Answer: […]
After numerous requests from our customers to start producing a circle sawn flooring, we are now proud to offer our new “Mill Cut” flooring line. Our Montana Mill Cut flooring is a traditional flooring product that has been popular out West for years. Flooring trends have changed in recent years from clear (no knots) flooring […]
Source: Distinctly Montana More than 600,000 acres of Montana wildlands burned last summer, sparking renewed debate about public forest management. Last fall, U. S. Forest Service officials made the rounds of evening meetings to defend the decisions they made both before and during the fires, while armchair forest managers pointed to alternative strategies that might […]