Ownership Profile
Timberland owner Frank Morris, courtesy of
Forbes.com
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Timberland is owned by more than 10 million
individuals and families in America
- In 2000, the forest products industry nationwide owned 51.8 million
acres, and by 2009 ownership by the forest products industry was less
than 20 million acres.
- In the last 15 years, timberland has become an asset class and has
attracted over $50 billion from institutional investors, REITs and pension
funds.
- Investors have purchased timberland from Boise Cascade, Longview
Timber, Menasha Forest Products, Temple Inland, International Paper
Company, MeadWestvaco Corporation and other fully integrated forest
product companies.
- These new owners create on-going land sale programs as an integral
part of their business plans, resulting in new buying opportunity for
individuals.
- Nearly ten million private landowners own timberland and other wooded
land.
The Forest Landowners Association
is the largest association dedicated to private landowners.
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