HARVEST AND INDUSTRY

Timber Harvest data by ownership for 2002 to most recent available year. The data currently available has been gathered from multiple agencies which used different data collection methods and time periods. Reference sources and the methods are described below.



Timber Harvest for Beaverhead County, Montana

YEAR OWNERSHIP
  Industry N.I.P.F. & Tribal State Forest Service BLM & Other Public TOTAL
2002 0 4,636 2,051 3,768 1,271 11,726
2003 0 5,536 2,473 2,361 83 10,454
2004 0 3,729 1,642 1,518 127 7,016
2005 0 3,585 3,361 1,975 954 9,875
2006 0 930 148 685 231 1,993
2007 0 931 697 1,567 333 3,528
2008 0 875 963 1,218 627 3,683
2009 0 664 0 9,213 728 10,605
2010 0 160 73 6,304 919 7,456
2011 0 2,625 113 5,424 2,117 10,280
2012 0 3,000 3,465 5,111 2,818 14,394
2013 2,658 890 1,698 3,478 5,707 14,431
2014 2,206 642 1,028 1,143 0 5,019
2015 6,261 7,229 1,763 4,998 0 20,251
2016 0 406 305 3,526 1,028 5,264
2017 0 213 5,797 7,819 4,307 18,136
2018 0 804 1,153 2,349 1,458 5,764
2019 0 786 294 0 2,282 3,362
2020 0 744 87 991 1,506 3,328
2021 0 1,581 552 1,342 11,020 14,495




Note: We have yet to obtain correct harvest data for Forest Service lands for 2019; it will be made available as soon as possible.



All volumes reported in thousand board feet (MBF) Scribner. Ownerships considered private include: Industrial private (Industry), Nonindustrial private forests (N.I.P.F), and Native American tribes (Tribal). Ownerships considered public include: Montana Department of Natural Resource and Conservation (State), United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service (Forest Service), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), County and Municipal (Other Public).



For timber harvests occurring on industrial and nonindustrial private lands as well as Montana DNRC (State) trust lands, timber harvest data were collected from the Montana Department of Natural Resource and Conservation (DNRC) from 2002 through most recent available year. Data represent MBF volumes reported through hazard (slash) reduction agreements with the State of Montana. Volumes are separated between industrial and non-industrial private ownership. Harvest volumes derived from Montana DNRC do not include ton wood, post and pole, and pulpwood volumes.



For timber harvests on the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) timberlands, data were collected from the BLM Timber Harvest Information System, located at the Denver, Colorado office. This system separates timber harvests into four categories: commercial harvests, fuel wood, special forest products (timber harvests that are too small to be viewed as commercial), and stewardship contracting. The BLM data presented here represent the sum of these four categories BLM data can be found at: https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/forests-and-woodlands/timber-sales/bureau-wide-timber-data.



For timber harvests occurring on U.S. Forest Service lands, data were compiled from annual U.S. Forest Service Automated Timber Sales Accounting System-Volume and Harvested Revenue-State and County Summaries from 2001-2012. Data were retrieved in fiscal year by quarter and converted to calendar year by subtracting the October-December quarter data from prior fiscal year and adding the October-December quarter data from the subsequent fiscal year. Forest Service data include all convertible products including fuelwood and non-saw material.