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Source: Missoulian A recently study should put to rest the notion that green lodgepole pine needles burn as fast as red ones. But more than that, Matt Jolly said, the study could help open firefighters’ eyes to the dangers lurking in mountain pine beetle-infested forests where the trees still look to be alive and doing […]
Question: Coal lies underneath what percentage of land in Montana? Answer: About 35%, part of what may be the largest coal basin on earth.
Source: Flathead Beacon Deep in northwestern Montana near the Idaho border, an expansive 28,000-acre conservation easement proposal is bringing together a diverse group of interests, with conservationists, loggers, wildlife managers and outdoor enthusiasts discovering they can all agree on a common vision: protecting working forestland from development while keeping it open to public recreation. Thanks […]
Question: Who had electricity first: Helena, Montana or New York City? Answer: Helena, Motana. Which was electrified in August of 1882, beat New York which got electricity in September of 1882
We have 3 truck loads of kiln dried, Douglas Fir, 2×6, 8′ through 16′, Tongue and Groove available through the end of March. This special is for full truck load quantities only and will end once all 3 trucks are sold. Approximately 25,000 board feet per truck. Special March pricing is $450 per thousand board feet; […]
Source: Missoulian The U.S. Forest Service wants to speed up work on national forests, for both timber production and forest health. “Collaboration is most effective in getting forests managed in a proper way,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said during a conference call on Thursday. “We want to move beyond the conflicts in the past that […]
We currently have 3 truck loads of 1×8 beetle killed blue stain available. This blow out special is for full truck load quantities only, approximately 28,000 board feet per truck load. Specs: Kiln dried to 15% or less moisture content 8′-16′, random lengths Surfaced all 4 sides Surfaced 4 sides at $420 per thousand board […]
Photo compliments of Big Sky Country Photos Question: While traveling through Montana which member of the Lewis and Clark party was mistaken for an elk by a near sighted hunter in their party, and was shot in the butt? Answer: Lewis
A common use for our rough sawn Douglas Fir is corral boards and other applications on farms and ranches. Douglas Fir has the strongest strength to weight ratio of any wood in the world. Therefore it is very popular in ranching and farming communities. Our rough sawn Douglas Fir boards are available in 1×4 through […]
Question: What is the only economic sector in which Montana’s average wages are higher than the U.S. average wages? Answer: Farming
Source: Billings Gazette As timber mill owners and managers in Montana, we’re disappointed that the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act, a bill to create jobs for loggers and mill workers, was prevented from passing in Congress last week. Hundreds of workers in our mills, along with hundreds of independent contractors and vendors we work with, all […]
Question: Farming employs what percentage of Montana’s work force? Answer: 5.9 percent, compared to 1.9 percent nationwide.
Source: KXLH.com The City of Helena has received another significant grant to continue cleaning up the dead and dying pine beetle trees scattered along the backdrop of the city. Brad Langsather heads up the pine beetle restoration projects for the City of Helena. He says the newest project will entail the area south of […]
Question: How many ranchers live in Montana, and what is their average age? Answer: 24,000; with an average age of 60.
Source: Public News Service MISSOULA, Mont. – About 240 new jobs, 11,000 acres of wildlife habitat restored, and thousands of cubic feet of commercial timber sold. These are some of the benefits tallied in a report on the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) on Montana’s Lolo, Flathead and Helena national forests in 2011. The […]