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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 Powell County, Montana

YEAR OWNERSHIP
  Private & Tribal State Forest Service BLM & Other Public TOTAL
2002 35,239 1,730 1,111 137 38,216
2003 21,932 1,842 172 598 24,543
2004 38,657 1,620 377 2,689 43,343
2005 20,110 2,075 225 2,152 24,562
2006 24,921 1,213 318 1,669 28,120
2007 23,422 347 749 1,298 25,816
2008 33,713 2,150 1,114 193 37,170
2009 15,498 4,935 1,049 604 22,086
2010 7,993 3,800 1,257 4 13,053
2011 10,417 4,425 4,749 3,349 22,940
2012 3,846 2,444 2,994 7,684 16,968
2013 3,958 928 721 3,903 9,510
2014 5,720 2,940 768 341 9,769
2015 4,903 2,819 646 426 8,794
2016 1,389 848 6,969 285 9,490
2017 3,308 1,419 27,095 658 32,480
2018 5,256 2,381 43,695 765 52,097
2019 3,586 3,745 20,069 40 27,440
2020 3,619 2,481 17,233 0 23,333
2021 5,908 2,278 9,141 274 17,601
2022 4,101 5,734 3,780 2,008 15,623
2023 1,762 4,676 11,388 409 18,235
2024 2,361 5,445 0 0 7,806




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.