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Rough Cut Lumber
Harvested as part of thinning to reduce fire danger.
$0.75 per board foot.
Call Mike (406-882-4835) or Sam (406-882-4597)

“Experience keeps a dear school but fools will learn in no other”
-Benjamin Franklin

  • Be Nice to the Candidates

    I can claim that I am an elected school trustee.  So can the school board members in Fortine and Eureka.  Yet I (and probably most of them) was elected by acclamation.  There may be a more politically correct way to describe it – but the reality is that I was elected without anyone voting for Read more

  • Repairing a Rifle

    I spent some of my time repairing a rifle this week – while the story might not be noteworthy to my gunsmithing friends (I started teaching college at Trinidad State in Colorado), the details might be interesting for another group.  After all, few people begin teaching in a college best known for gunsmithing, and retire Read more

  • Believing in Science

    After last week’s Do you believe in science? I’ve been pondering. My first reaction was that if you have to believe in science, you’re doing it wrong. Science, on principle, is not a thing to take on faith. It is a field of study that considers doubt to be a virtue. But here, I define Read more

  • The Not So Perfect Game Camera

    The Not So Perfect Game Camera

    Now days, I take more wildlife photos with my game camera than with my digital camera. At 4 am on a cold wintry morning my game camera is awake, I am not. What is the perfect game camera?  The camera that takes the photos you want or need. It is the camera that is reliable, Read more

  • Ichneumonid wasps, imposing allies

    Ichneumonid wasps, imposing allies

    Last Thursday I saw this lovely Ichneumonid wasp (pronounced ICK-new-mon-id, from Greek “Ιχνευμων” which means “Tracker”). Most of the time I see Ichneumonids, they’re on the sides of trees, ovipositing (laying eggs) in boring insect larvae. This one’s behavior was very odd indeed. As you can see, this particular Ichneumonid wasp was laying her eggs Read more

  • Do you believe in science?

    I listened to a presidential debate question, “Do you believe in science?”  It seems a simple, yes or no question.  It isn’t.  I’m a sociologist, and retired demographer.  I believe that scientific method is the best way to move toward understanding and describing the world.  I’m a numbers, statistics and data guy.  A positivist.  I Read more