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Rough Cut Lumber
Harvested as part of thinning to reduce fire danger.
$0.75 per board foot.
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“Experience keeps a dear school but fools will learn in no other”
-Benjamin Franklin
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Knapweed, my current enemy.
At this time of year, many hill-slopes have turned a sharp pink-purple color. Whether you’re in Glacier or driving along 93, you’ll see its flowers in the cuts alongside the road. Here in Trego proper, you can often find it in ditches, or there’s an abundant field of it downslope from the Trego Pub. Knapweed. Read more
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Montana’s Greatest Climatologist
My one class in climate studies was about 40 years ago at Montana State University. The professor was Joe Caprio . . . yeah, “The Father of Scientific Phenology.” It’s interesting how many state climatologists make their starts as meteorologists. Anyway, I was back in school, getting enough credits in ag engineering to qualify as Read more
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Trego School Board Met Wednesday
The five-member board meets on the second Wednesday each month at 6 PM. However, in-person attendance is no longer necessary. On the agenda, which can be found prior to the meeting in the school or post office, there are instructions on how to attend the meeting via GoToMeeting. Visitors can join with their computer (headset Read more
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Searching Lincoln County Data
There’s a long-term question of whether North Lincoln County gets fairly treated in county services. Back when the county was created in 1909, it made sense – everything drained into the Kootenai (except for Stryker, and driving 93 toward Kalispell makes it easy to see how that mistake was made.) Sixty years later, Libby Dam Read more
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Control of earwigs
Are earwigs our friends or foes? That depends on the context. Earwigs are primarily scavengers of rotting plant material. They aren’t likely to damage your garden plants themselves. As omnivores, they often help control aphids, mites, and various pest insect eggs… and I’m more than willing to put up with them if it means fewer Read more
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Community Decay…Part 1
One could be forgiven for assuming that community decay ordinances were the business of rather fussy municipalities in places other than here. One would, as it happens, be wrong on two counts. Lincoln County, Montana, has one. Back in December of 2018 the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners adopted Ordinance 2018-05 “An Ordinance to Control Read more
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