Tag: blue pine
Source: Homesteader Magazine We had a nice write up in the Homesteader Magazine regarding our beetle kill pine products. Personal thanks to Kellen Beck at the Missoula Independent. Featured story: Good wood from bad The growing demand for “garbage lumber” By Kellen Beck Streaks of blue and gray curl around knots in Montana Distillery’s new […]
Source: Science 20 Warming winters may be linked to mountain pine beetle outbreaks in the coldest areas of the western United States but the causes are multi-faceted, according to a new U.S. Forest Service study. This is the first study to evaluate warmer winters as a factor permitting simultaneous outbreaks of mountain pine beetle across the majority of its range in the […]
Source: National Geographic We’ve been blessed to be mentioned by National Geographic in their recent article about the Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic. Sustainable Lumber Co. is one of the only manufactures specifically creating products around beetle kill pine trees in order to salvage and sequester the carbon storage before it burns or decay’s in our […]
Updated on 1/11/2023 The Biology Behind What Causes Blue Stain In Pine Many wonder what blue stain pine is and what causes it. To fully understand what gives our Beetle Kill Pine flooring and blue pine wall paneling their color, we need to look into the biological concept of symbiosis. The term symbiosis comes from […]
Customer in Boulder, CO just sent us these pictures. They actually drove to Montana picked up the flooring, installed it, and did a site finish. Now that’s customer service! Their client commented numerous times about the extreme variations in color tones and how they have never seen beetle kill blue pine with so much color […]