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 Judith Basin County, Montana

YEAR OWNERSHIP
  Private & Tribal State Forest Service BLM & Other Public TOTAL
2002 1,016 0 237 0 1,253
2003 80 0 1,077 0 1,156
2004 0 0 132 0 132
2005 0 0 218 0 218
2006 1,374 0 110 0 1,485
2007 1,826 0 464 0 2,290
2008 0 0 370 0 370
2009 22 0 251 0 272
2010 0 0 240 5 244
2011 0 0 197 18 215
2012 0 0 219 0 219
2013 0 0 196 0 196
2014 0 0 212 0 212
2015 0 0 1,922 0 1,922
2016 0 0 2,166 0 2,166
2017 0 0 1,294 0 1,294
2018 982 0 338 0 1,320
2019 0 0 202 0 202
2020 1,458 0 253 0 1,711
2021 66 0 0 0 66
2022 10 0 0 0 10




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.