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Beetle Kill Pine: Heavy Blue stain vs. Light Blue stain
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...
read moreA new forest fire paradigm: The need for high-severity fires
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,...
read moreForesters have 180,000 piles of trees to burn in Colorado forests
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...
read moreGroup hails forest cooperation
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...
read moreHand Scraped Flooring
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...
read moreBlack Hills National Forest unveils mountain pine beetle plan
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...
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Pine beetles kill forests, builders seek to use the wood
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...
read morePine beetles contributing to climate change
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...
read moreReal Christmas trees more sustainable than fakes, forestry professor says
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...
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Spring Special, $7.99/sq.ft. free shipping! Mountain Collection Flooring only.
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...
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Larger, hotter wildfires the new norm in West
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...
read moreOpinion: Discussion, cooperation needed for 21st century forest management
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...
read moreBeetle Kill Pine Planks
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...
read moreMountain Pine Beetle Fight Lasts All Year
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...
read moreThinning beetle kill project opens up new terrain for skiers
Source:Ravalli Republic LOST TRAIL – Scott Grasser has seen it coming for years now. The steady march of red pine trees on the mountainsides around Salmon, Idaho, and in the Big Hole that announced the arrival of the mountain pine beetle. In the last few ski seasons...
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