by Web Editor | Jul 20, 2016 | News, News/PR
Montana Governor Steve Bullock signed an agreement with the U.S. Forest Service on Monday for the state to play a bigger role in forest management on federal lands, which officials say will speed up backlogged logging projects. Forest management and the declining...
by Web Editor | Feb 18, 2015 | News, News/PR
While proponents of federal-land transfer often claim state management would increase resource extraction and jobs, the Montana timber industry doesn’t agree. On Friday, the Montana Wood Products Association board of directors issued a policy statement opposing...
by Web Editor | Dec 3, 2014 | News, News/PR
Lincoln County officials and representatives of the timber industry are cautiously optimistic about the prospect of additional logging activity after the Kootenai National Forest approved the sale of roughly 39 million board-feet of timber northeast of Libby. Kootenai...