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Montrose Lumber tant role in maintaining a healthy sentation, it requires a steady peditiously as possible.” regional forest and a healthy re- stream of timber contracts re- The mill was bought out of Mill Hopes to Remain gional economy, Montrose For- main economically viable. receivership by Neiman Enter- Viable Through est Products General Manager “It’s precarious, but I feel prises in early September; since Norm Birtcher emphasized at a like we have good support,” that time, it has been fully opera- Timber Contracts forum at Heidi’s Brooklyn Deli. Birtcher said of operators’ re- tional, he said. The lumber mill at 6530 lationship with the U.S. Forest “We employ 89 people full BY GUS JARVIS Road east of Montrose is now Service. “There were a number time. We are up and running, being operated as Montrose For- of sales that were turned back operating five days a week. In MONTROSE – A success- est Products by the Wyoming- two years ago. We have peti- October, we only missed [two- ful and operational timber mill based Neiman Enterprises, Inc., tioned the Forest Service to re- in Montrose can play an impor- Birtcher said at a Nov. 14 pre- offer a number of those, as ex- see MILL on page 32 HEALTHY FORESTS, HEALTHY ECONOMY – Montrose Forest Products General Manager Norm Birtcher (top) told area residents at a Nov. 14 forum that having a viable lumber mill in Montrose will play an important role in keeping the region’s forests healthy. (Pho- to by Gus Jarvis) The state-of-the- art mill (left) is the largest remain- ing lumber mill in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. It uses computer technology to optimize lumber output and has a capacity to cut 300,000 board feet a day. (Archive photo by William Woody) Air Organization, Telluride Highway Crossing Tourism Bureau Become One Now a Walk in the Park BY GUS JARVIS raising and marketing efforts. gether as one, but it is also a step BY PETER SHELTON “Highway 62 really divides Since the two organizations toward a more regional effort to our town in two,” Donahue said WESTERN SAN JUANS – both underwent separate reor- bring visitors to Telluride, Ouray, RIDGWAY – Ridgway El- this week, as Ridgway’s cross- For some, it’s a merger that has ganizations in the early 1990s, Ridgway, Montrose, Gunnison ementary School Principal Ted ing guard program got under- been a long time coming and now many observers wondered why and Crested Butte. Donahue remembers the crossing way after months of thought and it’s been finalized. Officials with organizations with such similar “This partnership will give guards walking him across the weeks of training. the Telluride Montrose Regional goals didn’t work more closely the destination the collaborative street when he was a kid growing With the elementary school Air Organization announced on with one another. On Tuesday strength to build momentum for up in Glenwood Springs. 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