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Source: kurl8.com KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — The manager of the Swan River State Forest in northwestern Montana says an attempt to put together a timber salvage is being made for 1.5 million board feet from various types of trees blown down during a severe storm last month. Dan Roberson tells the Daily Inter Lake (http://bit.ly/QmURzT […]
Source: OPB News The U.S. Forest Service has made forest thinning one of its top priorities, particularly in fire-prone and unhealthy dry forests. But environmental groups say dense Douglas fir plantations on the wet side of the Cascades need to be thinned too. And that could help increase the lumber supply. On a steep slope in […]
Here is short little video produced by the Danish Wood Initiative that we feel accurately describes the importance of using wood products and sustainable forestry.
Question: What man-made construction was featured on the cover of the first issue of “Life” magazine in November 1936? Answer: Fort Peck Dam
Source: Missoulian CONDON – Swan Lake District Ranger Rich Kehr stared with disbelief at a healthy, restored wetland and uttered what would become a familiar refrain on a recent sun-soaked afternoon in the Swan Valley. “Normally, we just wouldn’t have any money to do this,” he said. For the past 2 1/2 years, an unlikely […]