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Source - Missoulian HAMILTON - Amy Gannon was rained on the other day just west of Hamilton. There wasn't a cloud in the sky. The moisture falling to the ground was excrement from what the state entomologist described as "massive, massive numbers of insects." The...

Source: 25x'25 Alliance http://www.25x25.org/25x’25 today released a Wood-to-Energy Policy Roadmap concluding that the focused use of woody biomass to help meet America’s energy needs could increase the nation’s forest land base and improve the environmental services...

Source -  Missoulian Foresters from around the world came to western Montana this week to learn how to simplify their timber management. “Other states have very restrictive rules, while Montana adopted a voluntary system that takes advantage of stakeholder interest,”...

Source: Ravalli Republic To parody yet another song: ‘where have all the flower's gone?' by Pete Seeger; ‘where have all the sawmills gone?' Most Montana wood products manufacturers are geared to supply the U.S. housing market. U.S. housing starts were at a seasonally...

Source: Missoula Independent Guarding the Burn - The Great Burn of.1910 Bob Clark first glimpsed it a decade ago from the summit of Grave Peak, in eastern Idaho. Looking north, he saw a stretch of jagged forestland with snowcapped peaks, granite cliffs and grand...

Source: West Yellowstone News It may not make sense to the casual passerby. As a matter of fact, it might even seem wrong. But for many people who have lived in the rural Rocky Mountains, the project work going on north of West Yellowstone in Gallatin National Forest...

Source: Eco-Home In what could be a major step toward quieting the wood-certification dispute, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has proposed giving credit under its LEED program to several currently unrecognized wood-certification groups for at least helping...

Source - Baucus.senate.gov Montana’s senior U.S. Senator Max Baucus is leading a bipartisan effort to urge the federal government to take steps to use American-grown timber in new construction for government office buildings. In a letter to the head of the General...

Source - Missoulian Julia Altemus took the reins of the Montana Wood Products Association on June 1 with a mission to keep the state's sawmills strong. "For 23 years, it's been all about keeping the industry afloat, keeping them here," Altemus said. After earning a...

Source - Forest Business Network Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the release of a new map that characterizes the health and condition of National Forest System lands in more than 15,000 watersheds across the country. The U.S. Forest Service’s...

Source - Independent Record For Gary Burnett, the need for landscape restoration for the Blackfoot, Clearwater and Swan watersheds is particularly visual from the air. He understands that wildfire management, water quality and road removal can be murky concepts when...

Source - Mother Earth News Wood, the oldest fuel source known to humans, may be about to experience a renaissance, thanks to rising oil and gas costs combined with shrinking bank accounts. Ultra-efficient, ultra-clean advanced wood combustion technology and...

Source - Forest Business Network Over the past 30 years portable thin kerf bandsaw mills have gained a reputation as a valuable asset to small woodlands owners. These easily transported machines are valued for their ease and safety of operation and an ability to...

Source - USDA A study by researchers at the U.S. Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory shows that the lowest rates of deforestation and forest carbon emissions occur in global regions with the highest rates of forest product output. Counter intuitively global...