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January 3, 2012 8:57 AM
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An Economic Forecast for the Timber Industry, 2012-2013

An Economic Forecast for the Timber Industry, 2012-2013 | Timberland Investment | Scoop.it
Wood products demand is far more sensitive to the economy than demand for almost any other product.
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January 3, 2012 8:51 AM
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Harden Furniture to sell most of its timberland

Harden Furniture to sell most of its timberland | Timberland Investment | Scoop.it
MCCONNELLSVILLE, N.Y. — Case goods manufacturer Harden Furniture is selling off most of its company-owned forest acreage, pieces of which have been in the family business for the past 100 years.
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December 31, 2011 9:26 AM
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Land conservation benefits from economic downturn

Land conservation benefits from economic downturn | Timberland Investment | Scoop.it
Tough economic times have been a bonanza for land trusts and nonprofit conservation groups, which have recently been buying rights to California redwood groves, beaches, oak savannahs and timberland at a feverish pace....
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December 30, 2011 9:31 AM
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Forestry Focuses On High-Tech Growth

Forestry Focuses On High-Tech Growth | Timberland Investment | Scoop.it
Advances in bioproducts could be the forestry sector's salvation and growth engine for years to come.
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December 23, 2011 8:12 AM
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New law shields timberland owners from permit fees for logging roads

New law shields timberland owners from permit fees for logging roads | Timberland Investment | Scoop.it
New federal legislation will help timberland owners avoid costly
permit fees for logging roads, U.S. Reps.
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December 22, 2011 8:47 AM
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Timber REITs: PCH Dividend and Harvest Reductions Demonstrate Prudent Asset Management

Timber REITs:  PCH Dividend and Harvest Reductions Demonstrate Prudent Asset Management | Timberland Investment | Scoop.it
Years ago, I held shares in Crown Pacific Partners, a timberland-owning firm headquartered in Portland, Oregon.  During market declines in the late 1990s, the firm subsidized its shareholder distr...
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December 17, 2011 6:06 PM
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Chip Dillon Says Timber Is Not a Good Inflation Hedge

Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Chip Dillon, a partner at Vertical Research Partners, talks about U.S. timber supply and demand, and his assessment of Weyerhaeuser Co...
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December 21, 2011 10:29 AM
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New Hampshire timber company buys 3,200 acres next to Acadia

New Hampshire timber company buys 3,200 acres next to Acadia | Timberland Investment | Scoop.it
WINTER HARBOR, Maine — Ending years of speculation about what might happen to a pristine chunk of forest land located next to Acadia National Park, a New Hampshire firm announced Tuesday that it is buying more than 3,000 acres of land on the...
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December 4, 2011 8:23 AM
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A Hard Asset to Buy for This Market

"Even though Weyerhaeuser's business isn't as concentrated in timber as some of its competitors', there are a number of other reasons I like the company better than the other timber REITs as an investment."

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January 3, 2012 9:21 AM
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Ohio State Highway Patrol pension fund puts out RFP for timber manager

"Ohio State Highway Patrol Retirement System issued an RFP for a timber manager to run about $30 million."

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January 6, 2012 9:21 AM
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KPMG Quits as China Forestry Auditor, Deepening Concerns About Accounting

China Forestry Holdings Co., the Chinese timber company whose shares have been suspended since January last year because of accounting irregularities, said its auditor KPMG LLC resigned citing valuation concerns.
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December 26, 2011 5:08 PM
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Wood Bioenergy: Fun House Mirrors and Fact Checking Cellulosic Ethanol

Wood Bioenergy:  Fun House Mirrors and Fact Checking Cellulosic Ethanol | Timberland Investment | Scoop.it

Brooks Mendell hits the nail on the head again. Timberland investors looking for a big boost from biofuels need this wake-up call ...

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December 30, 2011 12:50 PM
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Biomass Plant on Track

Biomass Plant on Track | Timberland Investment | Scoop.it
We Energies is making progress on its 50 MW biomass power plant in central Wisconsin, having begun construction in August, and is one track to meet its 2013 completion goal.
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December 22, 2011 8:27 AM
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Performance Review: 4 Publicly Traded Timber REITs

Performance Review: 4 Publicly Traded Timber REITs | Timberland Investment | Scoop.it
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December 21, 2011 10:38 AM
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Timber ETF Ready to Turn? | ETF Trends

Timber ETF Ready to Turn? | ETF Trends | Timberland Investment | Scoop.it
While the media is hyping Tuesday's better-than-expected housing starts numbers as a surprise, the reality is that homebuilder exchange traded funds have been...
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December 17, 2011 5:28 PM
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Sino-Forest: the saga continues

Sino-Forest: the saga continues | Timberland Investment | Scoop.it
Analysts doubt that Sino-Forest will be able to raise much money from selling its timber assets, whose value was first questioned in June by a short-selling group called Muddy Waters. Indeed, the Ontario Securities ...
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December 17, 2011 5:28 PM
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A small cap pure timber play, Keweenaw Land Association

Keweenaw Land Association (KEWL.Pink Sheets) Price: $76 (12/13/2011) - note this is an extremely illiquid stock, small trades can really move the stock price. A bit back I did a post on investing in Timber and got some great ...
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