King Mountain Forestry, LLC
King Mountain Forestry, LLC, is a family-run business based just outside the rural community of Deer Lodge, Montana. KMF is dedicated to timber management strategies that focus on preserving wildlife habitat, preventing forest fires, and avoiding long-term damage from insects, disease, and neglect. Brothers Forest and Willow Wehr lead the company's logging and mulching divisions, respectively. King Mountain Forestry's logging clients include public agencies, working ranches, and small landowners. Treatment options range from selective vegetation thinning to clearcuts, depending on the landscape involved, the affected species, and owner preferences. Because KMF partners with small roundwood markets, our team handles a variety of timber sizes and stages. We will consider whips as well as sawlogs, and we work with both live and dead or dying trees, depending on the species and overall stand quality. The most common Montana tree species KMF selects for vegetation management purposes are lodgepole pine, Ponderosa pine, and fir.
When insect pests damage property, dead, dying, and fallen trees become serious safety hazards. Wildlife movements are difficult, streams and ditches can be impeded, and property owners face fire dangers. Many of these situations are aggravated by sub-optimal tree spacing, excessive undergrowth, and, in more open areas, stubbornly aggressive sagebrush, grasses, or
juniper. King Mountain Forestry offers several options for property owners seeking to reduce their forest fire risk. KMF's logging, limbing, and mulching services can help landowners preserve healthy trees while cleaning up debris and alleviating stressors that encourage infestations.
King Mountain Forestry's mulching crew uses masticating equipment to quickly and efficiently remove stubborn vegetation, including unsightly, hazardous, and unmarketable trees. Mulching is an especially cost-effective treatment for ranches and other landscapes with a combination of timbered and open acreage. At the same time, KMF's mulching services allow for targeted landscape control, enabling clients to focus on narrow but problematic areas such as strips bordering irrigation ditches, roadways, utility and railroad rights-of-way, and more.
King Mountain Forestry's catalog of logging, mulching, and vegetation management services provides practical, affordable solutions for property owners seeking to keep their land healthy. Private landowners whose treated land includes merchantable timber also earn stumpage payments that can be used to offset treatment costs and, in some cases, net profits. Contact us for more information about personalized projects for your property.
Industry Expertise
Welcome to King Mountain Forestry, LLC! Company owner Forest Wehr grew up in a timber industry family and began branching out on his own in 2005. He has spent more than a decade developing his industry expertise working in the mountains of western Montana, and is a currently serving executive board member for the Montana Logging Association.
Logging and Mulching Personnel
King Mountain Forestry, LLC, supports several Montana families. In addition to the company owners, KMF employs heavy equipment operators and hand laborers on its logging and mulching crews. Senior operators have worked with both the mulching and logging teams on sites scattered around western Montana.
Interested in working with one of our crews? See the Jobs page of this site or follow us on Facebook to learn about current openings.
Environment and Sustainability
King Mountain Forestry is a strong advocate of active timber management as a means of maintaining and improving overall ecosystem health. Overgrown brush and trees are a nuisance, a fire hazard, and an impediment to all sorts of human and wildlife activity. KMF takes the view that properly managed timber is a valuable, renewable resource.
Company Profile
Welcome to King Mountain Forestry, LLC!
Company owner Forest Wehr grew up in a timber industry family and began branching out on his own in 2005. He has spent more than a decade developing his industry expertise working in the mountains of western Montana, and serves on the Montana Logging Association's executive board.
FAQs
Mulching, also called mastication, is a treatment that enables us to take unwanted vegetation, particularly trees, sagebrush, and juniper, and break it down into chips and small woody debris. This is a popular solution for reducing fire hazards and opening forested and agricultural spaces, while still leaving desirable healthy trees. We have several different types of mulching equipment available, depending on your project needs.
The answer is a resounding YES! Timber value can be impacted by a number of physical and environmental factors, so please contact us for a personalized site visit and quote. We reserve the right to modify quotes in response to market conditions.
We do! This high-demand product is generally reserved for commercial buyers. Contact us for assistance.
Limited firewood is available for residential buyers in Southwestern Montana, especially the Missoula, Butte, and Helena areas. We sell tree-length firewood by the log truck load--approximately 14 cords per load. Pricing may vary depending on hauling distance. Contact us for more information.
We supply sawmills and other timber products manufacturers. If you're looking to purchase a finished wood product, we may be able to assist you in locating an appropriate company.
Our main office is located just outside Deer Lodge, Mont. While we primarily serve Western Montana, we are open to working with landowners and agencies in neighboring western states, depending on the nature of the assignment. If you have a project in mind, please give us a call to discuss.
Give us a call! KMF specializes in helping landowners cope with removing aggressive and unsightly vegetation, including clusters of stunted trees, dead and dying timber, reprod, sagebrush, and juniper. Depending on your individual property and needs, our experts may suggest such targeted treatments as mulching, thinning, weed spraying, judicial clearcutting, or selective logging.
Yes! Dependng on the nature of your project, we have a variety of resources to help you get funding. KMF believes merchantable timber is worth paying for, which means some landowners stand to make money when we send in our crews. We may be even able to direct you toward grant programs and assist you in applying for them.
Thanks for thinking of us! In general, a local arborist would be a more appropriate choice for this service.
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