Tour highlights local timber sales
Each year, the federal government sells millions of dollars of timber from federal forests. In 2020, contractors cut and sold $183 million worth of timber from national forests.
Mineral County no longer has a commercial lumber mill but there are lots of privately owned smaller mills in shops and backyards.
The Lolo National Forest has 13 active timber sales in the Mineral County where the logs are trucked to commercial timber mills across western Montana. When forests offers timber sales, potential purchasers review the timber sale package and place a bid. The bids are reviewed by the Forest Service and typically the sale is awarded to the highest bidder.
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