Neiman threatening to close Montrose sawmill

In 2018 after the Trump Organization gutted the National Environmental Policy Act then was thrown from the White House Hulett, Wyoming-based Neiman Enterprises closed their Hill City, South Dakota sawmill and is threatening to shutter another in Spearditch. In Hill City Spanish speakers became the only applicants for employment at the sawmill and the old Homestake mill in Spearditch is experiencing a similar phenomenon. 

But, there are far, far better life choices than working in a sawmill for ten years let alone living in states like Wyoming and South Dakota where workers are commodities so Neiman bought mills in blue states Colorado and Oregon that expanded Medicaid. Neiman purchased Montrose Forest Products in 2012.

The Neiman family issued a federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notification regarding the potential closure of the mill. Employees were notified earlier in the day. The company said that local U.S. Forest Service staff, Colorado State Forest Service, NGOs, and other conservation partners have made significant efforts in the last year to increase timber availability and support the mill, for which the Neimans and company are grateful. Despite this, however, the mill continues to face concerns with a viable, long-term timber supply and rising operating costs. [Neiman Enterprises formally warns Montrose Forest Products may close]