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Arial view of forest health and needs
Source - Independent Record For Gary Burnett, the need for landscape restoration for the Blackfoot, Clearwater and Swan watersheds is particularly visual from the air. He understands that wildfire management, water quality and road removal can be murky concepts when...
read moreFire wood – Carbon neutral, renewable, clean energy
Source - Mother Earth News Wood, the oldest fuel source known to humans, may be about to experience a renaissance, thanks to rising oil and gas costs combined with shrinking bank accounts. Ultra-efficient, ultra-clean advanced wood combustion technology and...
read morePortable sawmills help reduce carbon emissions
Source - Forest Business Network Over the past 30 years portable thin kerf bandsaw mills have gained a reputation as a valuable asset to small woodlands owners. These easily transported machines are valued for their ease and safety of operation and an ability to...
read moreSustainable Timber Supply
Source - USDA A study by researchers at the U.S. Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory shows that the lowest rates of deforestation and forest carbon emissions occur in global regions with the highest rates of forest product output. Counter intuitively global...
read more$.99 a square foot Flooring!
We are now stocking 1x6 and 1x8 local Montana blue stain Lodgepole pine flooring and wall paneling. The trees are harvested within a 100 mile radius and produced from 100% standing dead beetle kill Lodgepole pine. We will be keeping this in stock as long as the...
read moreAPEC Seminar Teaches Small Montana Businesses To Think Globally
Well we're back from APEC. We had a great time and we're very encouraged with the potential of exporting our products overseas. As the U.S. economy struggles we are optimistic about sending our Montana made flooring and doors to countries looking to add a piece of the...
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We've been very blessed to have been invited to APEC this year in Big Sky Montana. What is APEC? APEC Mission Statement- APEC is the premier Asia-Pacific economic forum. The primary goal is to support sustainable economic growth and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific...
read moreNational Wood Flooring Association Green Blog
We've recently been fortunate enough to be interviewed from the National Wood Flooring Association's Green Blog. We are very excited about this opportunity to tell people about our sustainable wide plank flooring and thank the National Wood Flooring Association and...
read more“Lumber Liquidators”
The building industry is still trying to climb out of the current recession and large sawmills are sitting on millions of feet of inventory they simply can't sell. We have partnered with a number of local sawmills to help reduce their current inventory levels at...
read moreWide Plank Flooring
We've been getting feedback from our customers regarding the amazing stability of our flooring. We never gave this much thought since our wood flooring is old growth and naturally cured and dried for years. It wasn't until one of our customers cut some 8x16's into...
read moreSustainable lumber package
How nice would it be to purchase sustainable building materials from one location. Everything would match, there would be no variation in quality or sizing, everything would show up at the same time, and you'd have the comfort knowing it came from one sustainable...
read moreMontana 200-300 years ago
I'll admit I'm a bit of a history geek. I find the age of our dead standing timber fascinating, so I googled "history of Montana 300 years ago" and found this. If any of you out there are as much of Montana history geeks as I am you might enjoy this link. Montana's...
read moreFlooring!
We are currently over stocked on our flooring! For a limited time while supplies last we are reducing our Rustic Character flooring inventory. If you're looking for a rustic yet refined look our Rustic Character grade flooring is the perfect choice to enhance your...
read moreDead Standing Trees
There is an amazing story to be told with salvaged dead standing timber. By purchasing our products you are allowing these trees to be recycled, reused, and remembered. If harvested within 5 years these trees can still be used for wood products and sequester their...
read moreOver stocked and liquidation items
We often get what we call "over runs", "over stocked", and "pull out products". Over runs are boards, timbers, and flooring that we accumulate from custom orders. We discount these products and sell them in our cash and carry. Over stocked items are boards, timbers,...
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