PULPWOOD 



Montana's vast reservoir of pulpwood is virtually 

 untouched. 



Two primary sources of raw material are currently being 

 tapped in Montana. One pulpwood operation depending almost 

 solely on roundwood as its source of raw material, is con- 

 fined to the area east of the Continental Divide. All the 

 pulpwood accumulated is exported from the State in the form 

 of roundwood. A second pulpwood operation utilizes wood 

 chips which develop as a residue in sawmills and plywood 

 plants in the area surrounding a pulp and paper plant located 

 in western Montana near Missoula. 



Since 1957 the pulp plant in the Missoula area has pro- 

 vided a use for mill residues that, until that time, were 

 considered to be primarily waste material. Pulp production 

 in this area has added appreciably to the economic stability 

 of the area's sawmills and plywood plants. Investigations 

 are now being made to determine the desirability of also 

 using roundwood material as a source of pulping material o 

 The plant utilizes approximately 360,000 units of wood chips 

 annually in its operation. (One unit of wood chips weighs 

 2,U00 pounds and specially adapted railroad cars hold 22 units.) 



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