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...Forest Service Boss Biologist Jack Ward Thomas once headed a scientific team that called for banning timber cutting in some federal forests in the Northwest to protect the spotted owl. Environmentalists were thus delighted when the President named Thomas chief of the U.S. Forest Service, which regulates logging in national forests...
With the largest endowment in higher education, Harvard can use its size to make large bets on a wide range of investments, from traditional stocks and bonds to unconventional holdings like timber...
None of those protections are likely to go if the grizzly is delisted, says the FWS. What may vanish are the strict limits on timber cutting, mineral exploration and other development that the Endangered Species Act requires. Still, that doesn't mean the bears would find themselves in a free-fire zone. Idaho, Montana and Wyoming have no immediate plans for a grizzly-hunting season. If one is established, says France, "it's going to be like the ones they set up for bighorn sheep and moose: very few permits and a very close monitoring of the population." Indeed...
...statement yesterday, the Harvard Management Company (HMC), the steward of the University’s $22.6 billion endowment, said that it had “not lost [its] enthusiasm for timber as an asset class,” adding that it would “continue to acquire timber properties on an opportunistic basis...
Paku, who has relatives involved with timber operations in New Zealand, said that the forest industry there, which is fueled to a large extent by Asian demand, has lately been difficult...