80 SAWMILLS OPERATE IN THE UNIT 



Small mills similar to this one in Meagher County produced some 

 30 million board feet of lumber in 1948 mainly for local use. 

 Douglas-fir is the principal sawlog species. Such items as bridge 

 plank, stringers, mine timbers, and rough construction lumber make 

 up the bulk of the fir production. Small mills in the area utilize 

 many low quality sawlogs. Almost no finished lumber is produced in 

 South Central Montana. Next to Douglas-fir in importance as a saw- 

 log species is lodgepole pine. Lumber from this species is ^f good 

 quality and similar in many respects to ponderosa pine. 



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