Forest Service Paving the Way for Plum Creek?
January 1, 2009 by Eric OKeefe
Filed under Eric OKeefe, Feature, Federal Policy, Field Reporters, Regional News, Residential Property, Timber, Topics, West
The nation’s largest landowner may be getting a last-minute, going-away gift from the Bush Administration. The Forest Service may amend existing easements, a step that would allow Plum Creek Timber (NYSE:PCL) to pave roads through USFS land. Such a move would facilitate an important first step for the giant timber REIT as it converts forested acreage to residential developments. Read the complete story here.












