From the trenches of the timber wars to a tabletop collaborative, a coalition of stakeholders is on the cusp of an historic accord on the Kootenai National Forest.

As third- and fourth-generation Montana loggers in a timber town that once stood out among the largest sawmill complexes in the world, one might expect Bruce and Chas Vincent to have adopted a defeatist attitude given the state of their beleaguered industry.

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