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 Musselshell County, Montana

YEAR OWNERSHIP
  Private & Tribal State Forest Service BLM & Other Public TOTAL
2002 5,561 379 0 0 5,940
2003 5,299 421 0 143 5,864
2004 2,610 337 0 643 3,589
2005 2,223 511 0 0 2,733
2006 2,743 185 0 0 2,928
2007 6,602 54 0 21 6,677
2008 7,807 272 0 29 8,108
2009 83 0 0 0 83
2010 0 0 0 0 0
2011 104 0 0 0 104
2012 2 0 0 0 2
2013 3,337 340 0 0 3,677
2014 5,956 452 0 0 6,408
2015 1,213 458 0 0 1,671
2016 750 56 0 0 806
2017 0 91 0 0 91
2018 245 180 0 0 425
2019 0 0 0 409 409
2020 0 0 0 155 155
2021 0 0 0 0 0
2022 0 0 0 0 0




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.