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We recently completed a project for Beechers Cheese at the Seattle airport. The owners wanted to match the look of an old market place. We custom made this Doug Fir floor to give the appearance of heavy foot traffic over decades of use. The owners were very pleased with results. Let us know what you […]
We were approached awhile ago about becoming a sponsor for “The Tiny House Project”, well and of course we said yes. We love to support entrepreneurs and businesses who understand and support sustainable forestry. What is the Tiny House Project? Here is an excerpt from Alek Lisefski, The brain behind The Tiny Project: The Tiny Project is […]
Source: Steamboat Today Steamboat Springs — Routt National Forest lost about 615,000 acres of trees to the bark beetle epidemic. Medicine Bow National Forest had about 650,000 acres of dead trees, according to U.S. Forest Service spokesman Larry Sandoval. Now, the epidemic has leveled off, and officials are stepping in to take stock of the situation. […]
Source: New Center 1 The Entomological Society of America is hosting its North Central Branch’s annual meeting in Rapid City this week. On Sunday, scientists from all around the world gathered to hear a presentation on the mountain pine beetle. South Dakota’s forests continue to be affected by this bug that feed on pine trees […]
Source: Helena IR The legacy of dead pine trees left by the mountain pine beetle infestation is Brad Langsather’s job to clean up. As the City of Helena’s natural resource coordinator, he’s been involved in seeing that crews work to remove swaths of dead trees that stand rust red against the backdrop of green pines […]
Source: Missoulian COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place. A combination of government austerity and the ballooning cost of battling the ruinous fires has taken a bite out of federal […]
Source: LA Times SEATTLE — The seal looked appealing, a daisy on a field of green, with the words “Tested Green.” It was issued to more than 120 products as a guarantee of environmental responsibility. The problem, federal trade regulators announced in 2011, was that almost anybody who wanted to pay the $189.95 for a […]
We’re proud to be a part of the Dwell Development in Seattle, WA. The Dwell Development will be using our sustainable Douglas Fir flooring and other finishes. The development will take about a year to build out. We’re excited to establish long term relationships with builders and developers who are like minded. The Dwell Passive House is the first […]
Blue Stain Pine Wall Paneling Thanks to our customers, we’ve set record numbers for the past 6 months on our beetle kill pine product lines. We’ve now shipped to every state in the continental U.S. and our Canadian shipments have increased dramatically in the past few months. We just had a private homeowner drive all […]
Better known as our Canyon Collection. Similar in appearance to weathered barn wood which has been wind swept for decades, our wire brushed and sanded texture creates deep canyons and smooth plateaus. Every board is crafted with Artisan style craftsmanship and constant quality control. To finish things off every flooring board is hand rubbed with […]
We had the privilege of giving a tour to the Montana DNRC last week. The field trip started off with a power point presentation about Sustainable Lumber Co. and then a detailed step by step process of our company. The first stop was one of our past logging sites. Dallis Hunter (our certified green logger) […]
Source: Forbes It is basic Economics 101. Competitive markets create better outcomes than monopolists. Monopolists restrict supply and charge higher prices. Dynamically, monopolists face fewer incentives to create new products or improve how their products are made. In fact, creating new technologies or processes could undermine a monopolist’s current market dominance. What is true for the marketplace […]
In the heart of the Rocky Mountains, there is one flooring product that has stood the test of time. Circle-sawn flooring was used by the first homesteaders who pioneered the Wild West. These rough-sawn floorboards were cut on a historic circular sawmill and installed as rough-sawn flooring. In the spirit of the Wild Frontier, we’re […]
Old world, traditional, authentic, and artisan quality. Those are just a few of the terms our customers have used to describe our true, authentic hand scraped wood flooring. Just about every pre-finished “hand scraped” wood flooring on the market is NOT scraped by hand, instead it’s done by a machine. At Sustainable Lumber Company we […]
Just another reason to buy local Source: The Telegraph WASHINGTON — U.S. consumers who purchase hardwood floors and furniture products made with illegally cut Russian timber unwittingly may be damaging the last remaining habitat of the endangered and noble Amur tiger. These conclusions are spelled out in a detailed report being released Tuesday by the World […]