HARVEST AND INDUSTRY

Montana Harvest by County

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



Timber Harvest for Beaverhead County, Montana

YEAR OWNERSHIP
  Private & Tribal State Forest Service BLM & Other Public TOTAL
2002 4,636 2,051 3,768 1,271 11,726
2003 5,536 2,473 2,361 83 10,454
2004 3,729 1,642 1,518 127 7,016
2005 3,585 3,361 1,975 954 9,875
2006 930 148 685 231 1,993
2007 931 697 1,567 333 3,528
2008 875 963 1,218 627 3,683
2009 664 0 9,213 728 10,605
2010 160 73 6,304 919 7,456
2011 2,625 113 5,424 2,117 10,280
2012 3,000 3,465 5,111 2,818 14,394
2013 3,548 1,698 3,478 5,707 14,431
2014 2,848 1,028 1,143 0 5,019
2015 13,490 1,763 4,998 0 20,251
2016 406 305 3,526 1,028 5,264
2017 213 5,797 7,819 4,307 18,136
2018 804 1,153 2,349 1,458 5,764
2019 786 294 4,836 2,282 8,198
2020 744 87 1,025 1,506 3,362
2021 1,581 552 1,360 5,497 8,990
2022 110 541 8,599 0 9,250




All volumes reported in thousand board feet (MBF) Scribner. Ownerships considered private include industrial private (industrial), 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), and county and municipal (Other Public).



For timber harvest occurring on industrial and nonindustrial private lands, as well as Montana DNRC (State) trust lands, timber harvest data is collected from the Montana Department of Natural Resource and Conservation (DNRC). 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 harvest on the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) timberlands, data is collected from the BLM Timber Harvest Information System and include: commercial harvests, fuel wood, special forest products (timber harvests that are too small to be viewed as commercial), and stewardship contracting. BLM data can be found at: https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/forests-and-woodlands/timber-sales/bureau-wide-timber-data.



For timber harvest on USDA Forest Service lands, current data is obtained by special request from USDA FS, Nationa Forest System. Forest Service data include all convertible products including fuelwood and non-saw material.