Developers can already buy up development rights in farmland and nearby forests, transfering the rights to increase density in cities and towns. This new proposal from Cascade Land Conservancy would...
Weyerhaeuser is close to becoming a real estate investment trust. For tax analysts and shareholders, forests are no longer about timber; they're about harvesting tax-advantaged money.
A court ruling has told the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that studying the likely effects of the hatchery for only a five-year period doesn't meet the requirements of federal law.
