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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 […]
Source: Prince George Citizen The map of the mountain pine beetle’s destruction is so big it can’t be contained in one province but the map of the beetle’s genetic makeup is so small it fits inside the molecules of an insect the size of a grain of rice. That genetic makeup has now been revealed […]
We just finished up this beautiful beetle kill pine table for a donation to Missoula Catholic Schools. This table will be available to bid on during their annual fund raiser. Turned out pretty sweet.
Source: Dovetail Partners inc. The Forest Service recently released the report “Future of America’s Forests and Rangelands”,[1] providing an extensive examination of the next 50 years (2010-2060) of natural resource pressures and potential changes in forests of the United States. The report highlights risks for negative impacts to forest resources linked to expansion of urban and […]
Source: U.S. Forest Service U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell testified before a House subcommittee today on the economic value generated by the nation’s forests during a time of increased fire activity, encroaching development, pests and disease. Talking to the House Committee on Agriculture’s Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy and Forestry, Tidwell noted that forest restoration […]
Now until gone we’re liquidating every slab in stock. $150.00 each Specs: Beetle Kill Ponderosa Pine Kiln Dried to 6-8% Sanded on both faces Random widths and random lengths available By appointment only 406.235.1020
We’re very excited to announce our newest distributor, T&G Flooring located in Denver, CO. They pride themselves on educating their clients on the appropriate flooring that individually suits their customers’ specific lifestyles. . Purchasing a hardwood floor is typically one of the most emotional decisions in a building project. Picking the right hardwood floor to […]
Source: Treehugger Michael Green is known to TreeHuggers as the author of The Case for Tall Wood Buildings. However when he spoke at the Wood Solutions Fair in Toronto it became clear that he is perhaps the material’s greatest proselytizer , both in his speaking and in his body of work. He makes an audacious claim: Wood […]
Source: Garden News The Nature Conservancy commends the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry for highlighting the links between forest health and rural economies. Restoring public lands through science-based, active management is good for our American lands and economy. America’s forests, which cover one-third of the United States, provide tremendous value by […]