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Weyerhaeuser Shareholders' Vote Clears Path for REIT Conversion
Board of Directors intends to distribute the maximum amount of stock allowable under the Internal Revenue Code

Weyerhaeuser, Forest Capital land sales pending
Each are reportedly still negotiating this month to close on separate sales

Phaunos Timber Fund Invests $167 Million in Matariki Forests
Reports have confirmed that Matariki Forests has signed a deal with the American Phanous Timber Fund,

When the land's worth more than the trees
For 100 years, Ponderosa pines nourished this logging town of 500 nestled along Mount Adams' southeastern flank.

Weyerhaeuser board OKs conversion to REIT status
"This conversion will position us to be more competitive in our timberlands business," President and CEO Dan Fulton said in a statement"

MT - How REITs Think
Because Plum Creek is Montanas largest forest products company and largest private landowner, whatever the company does matters greatly to Montana

WA - Weyerhaeuser News Release Offers a Surprise
Weyerhaeusers news release offers a surprise It was almost a throwaway line, a mere 13-word half-sentence buried in a news release about another subject entirely

OR - Weyerhaeuser Sells Timberland
Weyerhaeuser Co. is selling almost all of its timberland in Clatsop County to an entity affiliated with The Campbell Group LLC, a Portland-based timberland investment company

Weyerhaeuser Says REIT Conversion Unlikely In 2009
Weyerhaeuser Co., the largest U.S. lumber producer, said it probably wont convert to a real estate investment trust, or REIT, this year because low timber prices would make the change of little value

Rayonier Reports Jump In 4Q Profit
Rayonier Inc., which owns real estate and timberland and makes wood and plant fiber products, said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit surged 29 percent

Review Of Economic Conditions That Have Changed Forestland's "Hedge" In Capital Markets
The flow of dimension lumber from source to destination varies with housing demand, which in turn responds to capacity of credit markets

How Wall Street Is Destroying The Timber Way Of Life
The pressure for real estate and the short-term perspective of fancy Wall Street financial instruments have changed the old line companies utterly.

Timber REITs: Above Vicissitudes of Cycles
A few quick thoughts from reviewing Plum Creek Timber Q308 conference call

Wellpinit Washington: Tribe in Collaboration to Help Protect Wildlife Habitat
The Spokane Tribe of Indians is pleased to announce the recent purchase of wildlife habitat land from Forest Capital Partners

Potlatch takes REIT to heart
Future focus of Spokane Washington based company wont be on manufacturing

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Penn Virginia Buying Timberland From MeadWestvaco
Coal-property manager Penn Virginia Resource Partners L.P. (PVR) agreed to purchase 62,000 acres of West Virginia timberland from MeadWestvaco Corp. (MWV) for $93.1 million, the companies said Friday.

OR: Timber firm pulls land-use claims
Measure 37 - Plum Creek, which sought to keep options open, will stick to its core business

BC: Forestry firms find profit in their real estate
A strike in B.C.'s coastal lumber industry is just one of its many woes. The clamour for residential property is a rare bright spot

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