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We just closed on our new Missoula warehouse and showroom. We’re slowing stocking it with inventory and setting up our showroom. We hope to have an official grand opening March 1st. One of the items we’ll be inventorying is Beetle Kill Pine slabs. We just stocked more today and have some beautiful book match […]
Heavy Blue Wood Stain Vs Light Blue Wood Stain Here’s a bit of education on blue stains in Beetle Kill Pine for most consumers: Most of the blue stain beetle kill pine on the market is a residual product from large sawmills. Large sawmills harvest beetle kill pine trees that are still fairly “green”; meaning […]
Source: The Wildlife Society News During the 2012 fire season from June through August, wildfires in the drought- stricken western and central United States burned more than 3.6 million acres of forest and shrubland. In the hot, dry, windy conditions seen that season, a single spark can start an understory fire that ascends into the […]
Source: Denver Post PINEWOOD LAKE — A federal forester flicked a Bic, igniting a first bone-dry pile of culled young pines — testing conditions for the looming task of torching 180,000 similar piles across Colorado. The continued construction of houses in burn zones is forcing this effort to thin overly dense forests and reduce the risk […]
Source: Calaveras Enterprise For the first time in many years, loggers and conservation groups are working together and the results have been stunning, according to Katherine Evatt, president of the Pine Grove-based Foothill Conservancy. The Amador Calaveras Consensus Group has been working in the Stanislaus and Eldorado national forests on projects that are part of […]
Hand scraped flooring has been a very popular trend for the past 10 or so years. Will this trend continue? We’d love to hear your comments. As a flooring company we’re seeing an up tick with any textured flooring. Our most popular have been our hand scraped Douglas Fir and our circle sawn Douglas Fir. […]
Source: Billings Gazette RAPID CITY, S.D. — The Black Hills National Forest plans to use extensive commercial tree thinning to battle the mountain pine beetle as part of a $70 million plan that will take five to seven years to implement. The plan developed over more than a year will target 248,000 acres of vulnerable […]
Source: Pique You can’t miss it because the devastation runs as far as the eye can see. Driving between Merritt and Kelowna on Highway 97C in British Columbia’s southern interior, it is possible to feel a kind of terrible awe while passing mile after mile of rusty-coloured, dead pine forests. It is the work of […]
Source: CTV News Mountain Pine Beetles Contributing to Climate Change EDMONTON — Newly published research suggests mountain pine beetles have become so widespread that they’re not just benefiting from global warming, they’re starting to. contribute to it. “The effects of climate change cascade,” said Holly Maness, whose paper was published Sunday in the journal Nature […]
Source: Vancouver Sun An artificial Christmas tree would have to be used for 20 years before its carbon footprint matches that of a farmed tree, according to a forestry professor at the University of B.C. Steve Mitchell said most artificial trees are kept only six years before fashions change and owners throw them out. Most […]
For a limited time only we are offering our Mountain Collection Flooring in all colors for $7.99 per sq.ft. with free shipping anywhere within the continental U.S.! (200 sq.ft. minimum purchase) Click here for more info, specs, and pictures This is an internet special only and will ship factory direct from our warehouse in Montana. Current […]
Source: Missoulian The trend toward larger, hotter wildfires in this part of the country is rapidly becoming the new normal. In the four decades between 1960 and 1999, wildfires in the United States scorched more than 7 million acres in a single year just once. Since 2000? Eight times, with 2012 at 8.8 million acres […]
Source: Missoulian There’s nothing wrong with dissent – it is, after all, part of the American DNA – but neither is there anything wrong with dialogue, discussion and – if it can be reached – agreement, experimentation, success. Both styles have their uses, but the latter method in particular can possess a richness and resonance […]
We have now shipped our beetle kill pine slabs to just about every state in the country. Common uses consist of: counter tops, shelving, stair treads, table tops, and furniture. No order is too small or big, we’ll ship as small as one piece or as much as a semi truck load. Just like all […]
Source: Daily Herald Tribune Forest companies have spent tremendous resources redirecting their operations in order to limit the spread of mountain pine beetles. Their efforts are paying off, but there will be no rest during the winter. Weyerhaeuser and Canfor direct their clearcutting towards at-risk areas, after Sustainable Resources Development (SRD) has removed highly infected […]