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 Gallatin County, Montana

YEAR OWNERSHIP
  Private & Tribal State Forest Service BLM & Other Public TOTAL
2002 12,246 18 1,928 0 14,193
2003 8,519 12 2,254 0 10,785
2004 6,954 24 2,606 0 9,584
2005 4,211 0 1,599 0 5,810
2006 11,222 44 918 0 12,184
2007 7,503 167 1,707 100 9,477
2008 4,098 0 2,761 0 6,859
2009 1,205 0 3,088 0 4,292
2010 9,285 0 3,785 0 13,070
2011 7,581 0 6,136 10 13,726
2012 1,830 2,793 5,217 0 9,840
2013 1,053 2,767 2,436 0 6,256
2014 1,802 1,507 4,419 0 7,728
2015 2,177 925 5,389 0 8,491
2016 2,280 0 4,134 0 6,414
2017 677 1,003 5,787 0 7,467
2018 1,288 0 5,467 0 6,755
2019 722 3,454 2,309 0 6,485
2020 666 87 1,925 0 2,678
2021 3,558 0 12,065 0 15,623
2022 434 0 20,331 0 20,765
2023 1,704 332 3,628 0 5,664




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.