Sentence examples for owned timber from inspiring English sources

We recently added Plum Creek Timber, the second-largest publicly owned timber company in the United States, with 7.8 million acres.

Many at the time thought this would be the end of Burt's fortunes, but he also owned timber land elsewhere, including in St .Louis County, Minnesota, which turned out to be favourable for him, as it was in the heart of the immensely valuable Mesabi iron range.

Finally I own timber, my favorite long-term asset class.

"The cheapest way to own timber," says Holley, "is [for us] to buy Plum Creek shares.

Small-time investors can own timber, albeit without the tax advantages, through stocks like Plum Creek and Deltic Timber.

But there is a one-step-removed way that anyone can own timber: Buy the stock of some good timber companies.

Roughly one-third of all remaining old-growth redwood forest is owned by timber companies and, contrary to what one might expect, these trees are offered no protection under California or Federal law.

In the United States, most forests are privately owned, and timber prices are set by private contracts or auctions.

And he barely won a polite laugh when he looked startled when Mr. Kerry suggested that he owned a timber company.

At least, not in a way that is so cut-and-dried that a simple public case can be made for it.If the commission only owned commercial timber plantations, it would be easy to know what to say: sell them.

The collection of spruce and birch-covered land is owned by timber companies and billionaire John Malone, who have a longstanding tradition of allowing use by campers and outdoor sportsmen.