Tag: salvage timber
Beetle-killed Trees can be More than Just Dead Wood By Clare Tattersall About 20 years ago, a rice-size insect began to wreak havoc on British Columbia’s interior landscape. In one year alone, 140 cubic metres of mature lodgepole pine were wiped out. These beetles were destroying trees at an alarming rate and left behind a […]
What is salvaged timber? Standing dead salvaged timber are trees that have been killed in the forest by natural occurring events. The majority of salvaged timber in Montana is a result of forest fires or insect epidemics. After the event occurs the tree dies naturally in the forest, hence the name standing dead timber. Most […]
Over the past few years, the Mountain Pine Beetle has decimated millions of acres of Western Pine trees. As these trees stand dead in the forest they start to dry out, rot, crack, and split. Sustainable Lumber Company of Missoula, MT has had to adjust the pine wall panels and other products they manufacture around […]
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 carbon storage. If not harvested these trees are left to […]