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PRESS RELEASE – Best of Houzz 2017
Sustainable Lumber Co. of Missoula, MT Awarded Best Of Houzz 2017 Over 40 Million Monthly Unique Users Nominated Best Home Building, Remodeling and Design Professionals in North America and Around the World January 17, 2017 – Sustainable Lumber Co. of Missoula, MT...
read moreYou Can Love Wood And Still Be A Forest Hugger
Source: Huffington Post You have probably bought forest products like lumber for a home reno or notepaper for school supplies and wondered how your purchase affects the forest it came from. You may feel guilty, but you shouldn't if the forest products you buy are...
read moreRemoving small trees leaves water for bigger ones and for dwindling reservoirs
Source: The Economist IN THE early 1900's, an average forested acre in California supported fewer than 50 or so trees. After a century of efforts to fight wildfires, the average has risen to more than 300 (albeit mostly smaller) trees. Some might reckon such growth...
read moreSoftwood war, beetle battle, loggers laid low
Source: Business in Vancouver Great Bear Rainforest Agreement On February 1, the B.C. government signed off on a landmark agreement that ended 20 years of environmental conflict over logging on B.C.’s central coast. Eighty-five per cent of the 6.4 million-hectare...
read more2017 calendar: make a monthly forest date
Source: Tree Hugger Make 2017 the year you support North America’s forests—like clockwork. Forests clean the air we breathe, filter the water we drink, and help control our climate. Resolve to put the time to support forests on your monthly schedule, so forests can...
read moreMontana enviros sue to stop feds’ logging plans
Source: Courthouse News By David Reece MISSOULA, Mont. (CN) – Four environmental groups sued the U.S. Forest Service to stop it from implementing a plan to manage 1,155 acres of forest in northwest Montana. Swan View Coalition, Friends of the Wild Swan, Native...
read morePine Beetle Strategy In Banff National Park Can Do More Harm Than Good, Research Shows
Source: National Parks Traveler One strategy to control the spread of mountain pine beetles in Banff National Park sometimes does the opposite, a study by a University of British Columbia researcher shows. While pheromone baiting followed by tree removal —...
read moreHoliday Hours – Closed Dec. 26th – Jan 2nd
We will be closed December 26 through January 2nd for Christmas and New Years. Hope everyone has a fun and safe Holiday season!
read moreManagement of pine beetle not working
Source: Science Daily A method to control the spread of mountain pine beetles -- pheromone baiting -- may actually help the pest's population increase, UBC research.shows. A study by Rebecca Tyson, an associate professor of mathematics at UBC's Okanagan campus, used...
read moreCollaborative groups seek common ground in new ‘umbrella’ organization
Source: Independent Record Collaborative groups working throughout Montana’s forests are looking for common ground with each other in a new organization. Montana Forest Collaborative Network held its first conference in Helena on Monday. The two-day event brought...
read moreUrban Rural Divide
Source: The Forest Blog by Russ Vaagen This election season has been one for the ages. It’s interesting to hear all of the different reactions to the election. I think the response of those that supported Hillary are showing us why this has happened in the first...
read moreInterests vs. Positions
Source: The Forest Blog, by Russ Vaagen What in the world does negotiating interests vs. positions mean? I think they are part of one of the stool’s three legs for successful collaboration. It’s often the one that is most easily overlooked. The three markers for a...
read moreCorrection to Missoulian article: Beetle-kill drives value for Missoula wood-products business
We are not the largest producer of Fir flooring in the world, however we have the largest selection of Prefinished Fir Flooring in the world at 32 options. There are other producers of unfinished Fir flooring in Montana that do a wonderful job as well, we have simply...
read moreForests and trees: Montana’s timber culture keeps evolving
Source: Ravalli Republic A 2-by-4 no longer measures 2 inches by 4 inches. And a sheet of plywood? They used to come out of the world’s largest mill in Bonner, Montana, measuring 4 feet by 8 feet by half an inch. Now an Oregon company produces sheets 12 feet wide, 48...
read moreWorld’s Oldest Tree Species Resistant To Mountain Pine Beetle
Source: YubaNet.com, By Rocky Mountain Research Station U.S. Forest Service LOGAN, Utah, October 20 2016 – Scientists have discovered that Great Basin bristlecone pine, which has the longest lifespan of any non-clonal organism worldwide, is highly resistance to...
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