timberland
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The late David Swensen, who earned high returns for Yale University’s endowment by investing in “alternative” assets such as venture capital, timberland, and private-equity buyout funds, popularized the notion of an “illiquidity premium.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
In some cases, smaller timberland owners have had to pay for thinnings, turning what is typically a payday into a major expense.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
The 125-year-old company is the largest private owner of timberland in North America, with over 10 million acres, including valuable tracts in the Pacific Northwest, where it holds over two million acres.
From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025
Industry groups representing loggers, mills, private timberland owners, biomass energy producers and others claim the designation would lead to heightened wildfire risk.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2024
The Ammonses had come up from Tennessee into Illinois in the early days and cleared the timberland along the Mississippi Valley some forty miles out of St. Louis.
From Land of the Burnt Thigh by Voorhies, Stephen J.
