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Nurturing Healthy Forests
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...
read moreU.S. Forestry Practices Compared to Other Countries
By: Professor Peter Kolb, University of Montana College of Forestry and Conservation Across central Europe, forests have been harvested intensively and continually for over 2000 years. Many countries there, notably Sweden, Germany, Austria, France, and Switzerland...
read moreMontana Trivia Question #8
Photo compliments of: Big Sky Country Photo's Question- A driver on Highway 200 traveling the 300 miles between Lewistown and Sidney would encounter how many towns where gasoline is sold? Answer- Three
read moreBark Beetles
By: Professor Peter Kolb, University of Montana College of Forestry and Conservation The bark beetle outbreak we are experiencing across the entire western portion of North America is the result of multiple ecological factors converging at the same time. Its...
read moreHardwood Flooring Atlanta
Picture compliments of: Flooring Service Group Atlanta Finding a good flooring installer is as important if not more than the floor itself. Rustic flooring continues to gain popularity, but is also a bit more challenging to finish and install. We'll periodically...
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Dead standing timber
After doing this for so long we sometimes forget to answer the most common questions. A common question we get is, “So, what exactly is standing timber?” Dead-standing trees refer to trees that have been killed in the forest by a naturally occurring event. The...
read moreMontana Trivia Question #7
Photo compliments of: Big Sky Country Photos Question: What country has about the same amount of timber land as Montana, has a population of 83 million compared to Montana's 975,000, and produces 12 billion board feet of lumber per year compared to Montana's 400...
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Douglas Fir Technical Data
Click this link to contact us and receive a delivered price to your project. Douglas Fir Timber Properties: Wood Strength and More Description: Douglas Fir has the highest strength-to-weight ratio of any wood species. Primarily found in the western US and Canada,...
read moreAmid beetle plague, turning trees to wood chips could be western forests’ salvation
Source: Salt Lake Tribune Photo compliments of: Big Sky Country Photos Putting wood chips to work could be the West’s best hope at saving its forests. Right now, there are too few profits to persuade the too few loggers to prune trees from tens of millions of sickly...
read moreMontana Trivia Question #6
Photo compliments of: Big Sky Country Photos Question: The largest number of Indians ever gathered together for a single battle fought which battle in Montana? Answer: Battle of the Little Big Horn, known as Custers Last Stand. Indian numbers were estimated from...
read moreWith Deaths of Forests, a Loss of Key Climate Protectors
Source: The New York Times WISE RIVER, Mont. — The trees spanning many of the mountainsides of western Montana glow an earthy red, like a broadleaf forest at the beginning of autumn. But these trees are not supposed to turn red. They are evergreens, falling victim to...
read moreWood products industry professionals tour experimental healthy forest
Source: Missoulian Photo Compliments of: Big Sky Country Photos LUBRECHT EXPERIMENTAL FOREST – Somewhere between the clearcut practices of 30 years ago and today’s debate over the proper size of wood chips, forest sustainability and management has absorbed some major...
read moreMontana Trivia Question #5
Photo compliments of: Big Sky Country Photos Question The 19 million acres of national forest in Montana are about the size of what eastern seaboard state? Answer South Carolina ...
read moreForest Products Industry Has Proud Heritage
Source: Helena Independent Record By Julie Altemus This week marks the first “Montana Forest Products Industry Week.” The third week of October was set aside by the 62nd Montana Legislature in conjunction with the National Forest Products Week dedicated by Congress...
read moreBattle rages to save western Montana forests from pine beetles
Source: Missoulian Chemical war. Biological war. Scorched earth. Having watched mountain pine beetles blitz the Continental Divide forests east of here for the past decade, leaving practically no mature pines living near the state’s capital, western Montanans are...
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