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Modern loggers look out for forests’ health
Source: Tucson Citizen VERNON – In the dark, while the sun is still hours to the east, trucks carrying WB Contracting crews rumble up a forest road to a rutted clearing. The headlights catch glints of metal, then reveal a row of machines in the shadows. The men run...
read moreNew report shows sustainability benefits of forests and forest products
Source: SCA The World Business Council for Sustainable Development has released a report highlighting the key role forests and forest products play for a sustainable world. Making more people aware of this is high on SCA’s agenda. “This report shows the important role...
read moreBeetle Kill Pine Slab Counter tops
Beetle Kill Blue Stain Pine has gotten very popular in the past few years. Eco-conscious consumers, designers, and architects are constantly looking for new “green” products such as pine countertops. Beetle Kill Pine is one of the most beautiful natural wood products...
read moreSustainable Lumber Co. Bozeman, MT Showroom
Please come visit our showroom in Bozeman, MT located at: The Flooring Place 1891 Boothill CT Bozeman, MT 59715 406.587.7472 Our showroom displays our sustainable Douglas Fir cabinets, doors, and flooring. The friendly and educated staff at The Flooring Place will be...
read moreUM Forestry students studying Lolo National Forest ahead of restoration projects
Source: Missoulian SEELEY LAKE – In the deep shade of the Lolo National Forest, the rotting stumps of old-growth pine and larch trees are a tell-tale sign of how things were. The thick rejuvenation of Douglas fir may be an indication of things to come, and Andrew...
read moreRestoration forestry: An in-depth report
Source: Craig Rawlings - Forest Business Network Picture: Tom Waddell What is Restoration Forestry? The term “restoration forestry” is thrown around quite a bit these days. While it’s used broadly, there doesn’t seem to be any quintessential definition for it, let...
read moreOpinion: Managing forest survival
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune The Forest Reserves, now called national forests, were initially set aside from the public domain to correct the devastation that was occurring to these high-mountain watersheds. Excessive logging, devastating wildfires and unregulated...
read moreDanger in the woods: 40 percent of national forests overgrown
Source: Denver Post Fifteen years ago, the U.S. Forest Service boldly announced a goal of eradicating hazardously overgrown forests nationwide by 2015. That goal is long gone. The threat to Colorado homes in 2013, it now appears, will likely be as high as ever. Forest...
read moreUSDA Leads the Way on Green Buildings, Use of Wood Products
Source - USDA Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the USDA's strategy to promote the use of wood as a green building material. At an event this evening to launch the International Year of the Forest, Secretary Vilsack will lay out a three-part plan addressing...
read moreMontana Trivia #50
Question: How many acres is the average Montana farm today? Answer: 2,714 acres
read morePine beetles thick as rain clouds over British Columbia
Source: Missoulian If you thought the beetle-killed forests in Montana look bad, check out the Idaho-sized hole they’ve chewed in British Columbia. Investigative reporter Andrew Nikiforuk brought some equally massive metaphors to describe the impact the insect “the...
read moreOpinion: Stop supporting groups that block Forest Service management activities
Source: Missoulian What would you think if you heard your local Forest Service was proposing to improve 600 miles of forest roads in need of maintenance? What would you think if the Forest Service was proposing to include an opportunity to provide jobs to small-scale...
read moreWhy Forest-Killing Megafires Are The New Normal
Source: NPR Fire scientists are calling it "the new normal": a time of fires so big and hot that no one can remember anything like it. One of the scientists who coined that term is Craig Allen. I drive with him to New Mexico's Bandelier National Monument, where he...
read moreMontana Trivia #49
Question: What percent of Montanans live in a household with at least one gun? Answer: 57%. The only states with a higher percentage are Alaska (58%); South Dakota (59%); and Wyoming (60%)
read moreHand Scraped Douglas Fir Flooring
Why does our hand scraped flooring look so much better than everything else on the market? Because our hand scraped flooring is actually done by hand. Every piece is scraped with only a hand tool and good old American hard work. Just about every "hand scraped" floor a...
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