Season 1 · Episode 88
End of an Era: The final collapse of Missoula County's wood product industry
Montana Untamed · Lee Enterprises
April 2, 202418m 45s
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Show Notes
<p dir="ltr">Missoula County is reeling from the announcements recently of two huge wood products industry businesses closing and laying off all employees. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Pyramid Mountain Lumber, the largest employer in Seeley Lake for 75 years, announced on March 14 it is permanently shutting down this spring. Less than a week later, Roseburg Forest Product’s Missoula particleboard plant announced it is permanently closing in May. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Combined, the two companies are eliminating 250 jobs. They are the last two remaining large wood products businesses in the county, and the closures mark the end of a 150-year-era of wood products as an economic driver in the county.</p>
<p dir="ltr">With me today is David Erickson, a reporter at the Missoulian newspaper who’s been covering the news.</p>
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