Seeley Lake lumber mill closure impacts greater community

By Alania Margo
ABC Fox Montana
March 19, 2024
Category: Business & Politics
Region: United States, US West

SEELY LAKE, Mont. – The largest employer of the Seely Lake community, Pyramid Mountain Lumber, has announced its closure at the end of the month – due to the local cost of living skyrocketing and the price of lumber plummeting. …We spoke with a local business owner, who has been involved with the company for over 70 years, about how this will impact the community. …Johnson is a Seely Lake local through and through and has sourced lumber from Pyramid for four decades for his business. He says that this closure will force him to source these materials from outside of the community – which will cost him more money. Aqua Creek Products in Missoula bought wood for pallets from Johnson’s company Timberline – this wood sourced from Pyramid. Dwayne Frandsen, the Purchasing Manager of Aqua Creek said, “It came as a shock, you know, because we really we rely on Timberland and Pyramid Lumber for all of our lumber needs.”

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