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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 Lincoln County, Montana

YEAR OWNERSHIP
  Private & Tribal State Forest Service BLM & Other Public TOTAL
2002 79,097 6,465 76,265 0 161,827
2003 75,258 6,504 42,617 0 124,379
2004 79,785 6,424 44,007 0 130,216
2005 64,370 6,573 31,803 0 102,745
2006 63,022 6,226 13,499 0 82,748
2007 62,255 2,085 23,342 0 87,683
2008 63,488 4,346 33,973 0 101,808
2009 26,569 2,329 19,883 0 48,781
2010 21,143 4,213 24,059 0 49,415
2011 28,484 758 23,205 0 52,447
2012 38,603 10,475 29,103 0 78,181
2013 30,588 5,989 31,913 0 68,490
2014 35,852 4,860 32,308 0 73,020
2015 36,040 4,104 43,862 0 84,006
2016 32,077 5,629 27,577 0 65,283
2017 21,219 4,833 29,103 0 55,155
2018 34,340 10,470 36,771 0 81,581
2019 26,872 11,705 68,920 0 107,497
2020 24,255 3,526 58,606 0 86,387
2021 17,650 4,196 42,508 0 64,354
2022 18,640 7,003 22,761 0 48,404
2023 16,702 6,708 34,885 0 58,295




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.