Big Sky Forest Products plans expansion
Big Sky Forest Products has received a grant to build a treatment plant on their St. Regis site. This will open up treatment options for other lumber companies who have been transporting their products east or to Idaho to have this performed.
Big Sky Forest Products in St. Regis. (Monte Turner/Mineral Independent)
Mineral County's largest forest products manufacturer is set to undergo a major expansion after it was rewarded two federal grants to build a treatment plant at its St. Regis site.
Big Sky Forest Products owner Gary Suppiger has been producing quality post and rails in St. Regis since 1996.
"The previous owner was Vern Walker and he went out of business and I bought the plant from the bankruptcy department of the Small Business Administration,” he explains squelching any rumors that Tricon Timber or Idaho Forest Group owned it.
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