Tag: beetle kill pine
Source: National Geographic THE BUGS THAT EAT PINE TREES One chilly morning in October 2013, Diana Six parked her white Subaru at the edge of a pine forest in southwestern Montana’s Big Hole Valley. Beneath snow-tipped peaks, lodgepole pines in four different colors draped the hillside—a timeline of carnage. The gray ones, now just trunks […]
Just completed this beautiful project with Plexus R+D Architectural Interiors out of Atlanta. Featured here is our salvaged beetle kill pine used for accent walls throughout the restaurant Eight Sushi Lounge. If you’re in Atlanta and in the mood for great Sushi with a stunning atmosphere drop on in: Eight Sushi Lounge 930 Howell Mill […]
Source: Homesteader Magazine We had a nice write up in the Homesteader Magazine regarding our beetle kill pine products. Personal thanks to Kellen Beck at the Missoula Independent. Featured story: Good wood from bad The growing demand for “garbage lumber” By Kellen Beck Streaks of blue and gray curl around knots in Montana Distillery’s new […]
Source: Science 20 Warming winters may be linked to mountain pine beetle outbreaks in the coldest areas of the western United States but the causes are multi-faceted, according to a new U.S. Forest Service study. This is the first study to evaluate warmer winters as a factor permitting simultaneous outbreaks of mountain pine beetle across the majority of its range in the […]
Source: National Geographic We’ve been blessed to be mentioned by National Geographic in their recent article about the Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic. Sustainable Lumber Co. is one of the only manufactures specifically creating products around beetle kill pine trees in order to salvage and sequester the carbon storage before it burns or decay’s in our […]