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Study: Mountain Pine Beetle Impacts On Montana Sawmills

Study: Mountain Pine Beetle Impacts On Montana Sawmills A new study authored by the University of Montana’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research and the U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station examines the impact of the mountain pine beetle on costs,...

Montana Timber Industry Facing Increasingly Tough Times

At Sun Mountain Lumber in Deer Lodge, about 50 of its 160-person workforce got pink slips this fall – but owner Sherm Anderson says the sawmill and timber company is still losing money. “We laid off one shift, and all that does is slow down the bleeding, to where you...

Log Supply A Pressing Lumber Issue In Montana

Collaboration and reform in federal forest management were the main themes Tuesday during a roundtable discussion held in the Flathead Valley by U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana. During the first of three such meetings he plans to hold this week, Daines said he is...