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Source: Natural Resources Canada OTTAWA — Forest sector officials from Canada and the U.S. gathered over the past two days in Washington, at the first-ever summit on forest health, to advance scientific co-operation on shared challenges. Officials identified research areas in which collaboration and knowledge exchange could enable both countries to better protect the health […]
The mountain pine beetle has methodically taken over large swaths of forest from Mexico to British Columbia. Estimates indicate the tiny rice-sized beetle attacked 3.8 million acres of forest in 2011 and it is now affecting forest fire rates. In recent years, entrepreneurial wood products companies have rolled out a bevy of “beetle-kill” hardwood products, […]
Question: What author once wrote, “In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly-fishing”? Answer: Norman Maclean in A River Runs Through It.
Our list of beetle kill wood products keeps growing! Eco friendly consumers all over the country have joined the recent craze of beautiful blue stain pine as a result of the mountain pine beetle. Millions of acres across the Rocky Mountains have been devastated, at Sustainable Lumber we salvage these beetle killed trees and supply clients all over […]
Source: Portland Tribune Plan could create 2700 timber jobs Regional forest conservation groups have released a new study showing how logging volume on federal lands in the Northwest could grow 44 percent if certain ecological criteria are followed. The report, Ecologically Appropriate Restoration Thinning in the Northwest Forest Plan Area, projects that annual timber cutting […]
Question: The most vertical feet of skiing in the nation are found in what ski area? Answer: Big Sky, with 4180 feet
Source: Winnipeg Free Press VICTORIA – British Columbia’s independent forest practices watchdog says future timber supplies in the province are at stake and the Liberal government needs to get moving on management plans for pine beetle and fire damaged forests. A Forest Practices Board report released Tuesday concludes up to two million hectares of Interior […]
Question: What town, with 150 inches of snow annually and 600 miles of groomed trails, bills itself as the “snowmobile capital of the world”? Answer: West Yellowstone
Source: Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Inside university laboratories and government research facilities across the country, scientists are playing with dozens of variables — mixing and matching and rearranging — to gain a better understanding of what makes wildfire go. They’re busy building computer models as firefighters toil on steep mountainsides to put out more […]
Source: NBC Montana STEVENSVILLE, Mont. – The Forest Service is tacking verbenone patches to protect campground trees from Mountain Pine Beetles. Verbenone is a pheromone, or chemical, that tells beetles to go away. The beetles should be arriving in a couple weeks. The Forest Service doesn’t have much time to get the word out. Foresters […]
Question: There are around 250 miles of streets in Butte and how many miles of underground mining tunnels? Answer: More than 2500
Source: Senator Baucus (Washington, D.C.) – Montana’s senior U.S. Senator Max Baucus secured a victory today for Montana forests as the U.S. Senate voted 77 to 22 in favor of his amendment to better address the bark beetle infestation. The plan is one of many Farm Bill amendments the Senate is voting on this week. “The Farm Bill […]
Source: LA Times So-called super fires — like the fire currently rampaging through the Colorado Springs area, spurring mass evacuations, destroying property and endangering lives — are not going away. They will continue to flare up, not just around the U.S. but also around the world and, possibly, become more severe, one expert says. Peter […]
Question: How long can a Montana sagebrush plant live? Answer: 200 years
The mountain pine beetle is about a quarter-inch long, has a one-year life span, is native to North America and, if left unchecked, this little bugger can kill forests. That is the fear of forestry experts throughout Douglas and Elbert counties, who are keeping their eye on trees that have succumbed to the beetle. Michael […]