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 Granite County, Montana

YEAR OWNERSHIP
  Private & Tribal State Forest Service BLM & Other Public TOTAL
2002 15,113 3,201 5,510 574 24,398
2003 7,995 3,371 5,661 27 17,053
2004 16,767 3,035 843 0 20,645
2005 18,971 3,723 528 1,122 24,343
2006 19,355 2,412 381 174 22,322
2007 10,576 4,352 526 272 15,727
2008 10,112 1,429 1,397 1,238 14,176
2009 3,853 535 48 676 5,112
2010 9,000 6,252 288 4,219 19,759
2011 5,693 3,450 5,654 2,305 17,103
2012 10,122 4,559 4,033 436 19,150
2013 5,519 0 4,154 0 9,673
2014 3,432 2 398 151 3,983
2015 6,959 0 730 0 7,689
2016 927 0 559 40 1,526
2017 1,831 0 1,562 380 3,773
2018 3,525 1 1,655 1,908 7,088
2019 1,471 518 8,018 146 10,153
2020 1,182 438 16,808 444 18,873
2021 616 1,090 665 0 2,371
2022 907 0 1,229 1,515 3,651




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.