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A legal battle over whether temporary logging roads in grizzly bear habitat are effectively being closed may put a damper on logging projects in three…
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The state and the U.S. Forest Service plan to ramp up a program on Montana’s national forests that uses timber sales with restoration components to fund…
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's forestry agency is working with federal, local and private organizations to increase logging on national forests to improve…
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The U.S Senate Monday confirmed Sonny Perdue as secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture . USDA oversees ag and forest policies directly…
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After languishing for over two decades in the U.S. House, a sweeping wilderness bill now gets its first shot in the Senate.Steve Kelly is with the…
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High-rise wood-framed buildings are rare in the United States, but that may change. Senator Steve Daines has signed on to a bill to accelerate research…
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Weyerhaeuser is buying Plum Creek Timber for over $8 billion. Montana Wood Products Association Executive Vice President, Julia Altemus suspects the…
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Ninety employees of Tricon Timber in St. Regis were laid off Friday. The company's website says it’s one of the largest employers in western Montana's…
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The U.S House has approved a $585 billion defense bill that includes unrelated provisions to expand wilderness areas. The vote was 300 to 119.The measure…
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October 17 through the 24 marks the fourth annual Montana “Forest Products Week”. In 2011, the state legislature set aside a week, every October, to…