forestland

Most other Federal land is usually non-descript mountain forestland, rolling sagebrush hills and bluffs, or rolling grasslands, which can be utilized for various economic and recreational pursuits, such as mining, logging, agriculture, hunting and hiking/camping.

Bush Administration v. Environmental Groups 2009

Most other Federal land is usually non-descript mountain forestland, rolling sagebrush hills and bluffs, or rolling grasslands, which can be utilized for various economic and recreational pursuits, such as mining, logging, agriculture, hunting and hiking/camping.

Bush Administration v. Environmental Groups 2009

If the use of government forestland is insufficiently controlled, that’s a government failure, not a market failure.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Democracy and the Appeal of Socialism 2010

Logging in national forestland where road building is restricted increases costs, cutting into the already slim profits from timber.

Carol Pierson Holding: Why Logging US National Forestland to Sell Timber to China Is a Really Bad Idea Carol Pierson Holding 2011

The department this year also received an environmental certification for 145,000 acres of forestland, meaning it's logged according to strict environmental standards.

The Seattle Times 2008

But after logging declined, the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act was established to allow affected counties to opt in to a payment program that did not depend on US forestland timber sales.

Carol Pierson Holding: Why Logging US National Forestland to Sell Timber to China Is a Really Bad Idea Carol Pierson Holding 2011

So even though timber prices themselves may be volatile, the price of forestland itself tends to hold its value: From 1992 to 2005 the FIM Timber index declined by more than 50%, but the Property Databank U.K. Forestry Index returned an annualized 3.7% over the same period.

Stonehage's Armist Sees Green in Timber Tara Loader Wilkinson 2011

Gloria Vollmers in her article "Industrial slavery in the United States: the North Carolina turpentine industry 1849-61" states "The nature of the work, which covered thousands of acres of forestland, led to the use of a task system whereby each slave was assigned a large tract of forest that was worked with little supervision over several months."

John 2010

Private equity turned in a 25% return, followed by a 14% return from investments in commodities, infrastructure, forestland and inflation-linked bonds.

Calpers Reports Best Returns in 14 Years Joan E. Solsman 2011

And these low profits are from timber harvested on private forestland where costs are lower.

Carol Pierson Holding: Why Logging US National Forestland to Sell Timber to China Is a Really Bad Idea Carol Pierson Holding 2011