A huge thanks to Bobby Jensen highlighting our role in supplying the Twin Cities its most treasured holiday decorating green – spruce tops! During a December 2018 Grow with KARE episode aired on NBC’s KARE 11, Bobby (like Bobby on Facebook) along with Belinda Jensen discuss this uniquely Minnesota product. Decorating with spruce tops is tradition for Minnesotans and more recently for green thumbs in surrounding states. Bobby stressed the product’s renewability, which allows

Every industry is susceptible to negative headlines. Unfortunately, specialty forest products has demonstrated it is not immune. More recently, there have been several stories highlighting theft from public lands. This is deeply troubling given the adverse impact it has on the industry’s image and potential operational drag for legitimate harvesters. The industry relies heavily on public lands for stumpage. If land managers are dedicating more time surveying for illegal

We subscribe to the old adage “having the right tool for the job”. A significant focus operationally through the years has been efficiently extracting harvested tops out of spruce bogs in a manner consistent with responsible site management. To accomplish these outcomes we have leaned on our stable of Bombardier track machines. At last count, we own one RS-64, six J-5s, and three Muskeg Carriers. An expansive fleet provides peace of mind in the event of breakdowns along with

Almost sounds like the beginnings of a bad joke. It’s actually our story. How did two brothers, one a Pharmacist (David) and the other an Investment Analyst (Sean - me), become recognized leaders in the harvesting and distribution of Minnesota grown specialty forest products? Wayne Timonen – their father who spent his career as a forester employed by Potlatch Corp in the Cloquet, Minnesota set things in motion. Dad instilled the value of hard work and very much led by exa