Tag: sustainable lumber
6mm Wear Layer Engineered Wood Flooring: Thicker is Better Click this link for more information on our Engineered Rustic White Oak and our Engineered Rustic Hickory flooring. Click this link to contact us and receive a delivered price to your project. To understand why our thick 6mm engineered wood flooring stands out so much, let’s […]
Browse our line of Beetle Kill lumber products for flooring options as well as wall and ceiling paneling. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is Beetle Killed Pine? Beetle Killed Pine is the term used for Pine trees killed by the Mountain Pine Beetle. This tiny little beetle has killed over 100 million acres of trees across the U.S. and […]
Every material thing we use begins with extraction of natural resources and ends with disposal. The only truly renewable and sustainable raw material is wood and that begins with logging. The extraction, processing, manufacturing, and eventual disposal of raw materials and goods entails a complex web of economic activity and energy consumption. The full “life cycle” of […]
Beetle-killed Trees can be More than Just Dead Wood By Clare Tattersall About 20 years ago, a rice-size insect began to wreak havoc on British Columbia’s interior landscape. In one year alone, 140 cubic metres of mature lodgepole pine were wiped out. These beetles were destroying trees at an alarming rate and left behind a […]
What is salvaged timber? Standing dead salvaged timber are trees that have been killed in the forest by natural occurring events. The majority of salvaged timber in Montana is a result of forest fires or insect epidemics. After the event occurs the tree dies naturally in the forest, hence the name standing dead timber. Most […]