MFG Tour 2024 - Timber Tour - Community Tour/Job Seekers Tour/Students & Educators Tour

Description

The Flathead Timber Tour is held annually during Montana Forest Products Week.  The purpose of the Timber Tour is to invite the Flathead Valley community to learn about the value and importance of natural resources to our economy and quality of life.  

This year participants on the Timber Tour will learn about forest management from harvest to production during a tour of Weyerhaeuser's Kalispell lumber and plywood mills followed by a visit to an active F.H. Stoltze logging operation.  

At Weyerhaeuser, visitors will tour both the Plywood and Lumber plants, which showcase unique products with exceptionally aesthetic qualities and Weyerhaeuser's dedicated workforce. Mainly Douglas fir and Western larch are used at Weyerhaeuser due to their ability to produce fine grain and smooth faces.  This Kalispell plant manufactures plywood products to various grades, dimensions, and performance standards appropriate for a wide range of customer end uses, while the lumber plant manufactures solid sawn studs, available in various lengths to domestic markets coast-to-coast.

Participants will meet industry leaders from Weyerhaeuser, F.H. Stoltze Land and Lumber, Flathead National Forest, and the DNRC - together they will trace the product back from the mill to the forest.  Foresters will present on current and projected forest conditions, as well as active forest management objectives and sustainable harvest.  They will visit an active site, discuss history and the advancing technology of mills, programs available, and how landowners can play a role in improving forest health while supporting the local wood products industry.

*Participants will board a school bus that will depart from the Kalispell Chamber. Tour participants should bring snacks and water, wear closed-toed shoes, long pants, hair tied back, have no loose clothes, and be dressed for the weather as parts of this tour will be outside and in the forest.  Pre-registration is required and the tour is limited in capacity. Minimum age for tour: 14.

Special thanks to Weyerhaeuser as a title sponsor of manufacturing month: www.weyerhaeuser.com

F.H. Stoltze Land & Lumber Co.: www.stoltzelumber.com

Montana Department of Natural Resources (DNRC): https://dnrc.mt.gov

Flathead National Forest: www.fs.usda.gov