the wildfire burned through a large swath of timberland
Recent Examples on the WebMontana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) is working to complete the purchase of a conservation easement on important timberland and wildlife habitat in northwest Montana.—Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 18 Apr. 2024 Despite the attention on these examples, most foreign entities purchasing land are European or Canadian companies interested in renewable energy or timberland, for example.—The Indianapolis Star, 26 Jan. 2024 Phelan wanted to reduce the limit to 5%, and apply the caps to all forms of real estate, including commercial buildings, second homes, farms and timberland.—Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 30 May 2023 The wildfire started Sunday, with the Estacada Fire District responding around 12:45 p.m. to a report of a brush fire in slashed and reproduced timberlands owned by The Weyerhaeuser Company, according to an update posted to the fire district’s social media.—oregonlive, 18 July 2023 The timberlands here are rich and varied: maple, oak, beech, birch, mountain ash, and the placer gold of timber, red spruce, prized by the lumber mills for its grain, strength, and beauty.—Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023 In the following 13 years, the acres of forest in the area that had been thinned grew from about 20,000 to 87,000, or almost half the timberland in the recreation area that straddles the California-Nevada border, said Jeff Cowen, spokesman for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.—Jim Carlton, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2021 Urbanization is the main threat to the tortoises, but timberland can be managed in a way that leaves room for them.—Robert Kunzig, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023 All around her is a sprawling swath of the Siuslaw National Forest, a patchwork of Coast Range wilderness and active timberlands.—oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023
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