Sentences with phrase «private timber companies»

Are American private timber companies any better than their neighbours in BC?

This year's record - breaking fire season prompted President Bush to propose a plan that would emphasize thinning by private timber companies, which almost always use mechanical methods.

Not exact matches

Lumber companies such as West Fraser Timber Co (WFT.TO) and Interfor Corp (IFP.TO) will likely buy private companies in the United States and Canada, Quinn added.

He said much of the property where the trail would run is «essentially a former tree farm» that has roads servicing some 20 private hunting camps leased by the timber company.

But the list might include gold, silver, stocks of mining companies that focus on these two metals, hedge funds, mutual funds that endeavor to act like hedge funds, timber, farmland, private equity funds that buy privately held companies, residential and commercial rental properties, real estate investment trusts, commodity funds that buy everything from agriculture to energy futures contracts, stocks of energy and natural - resource companies, venture capital funds that invest in startup companies, and even bitcoin.

Global Witness» investigations show that DLH purchased 1,281 m ³ of timber from two Liberian companies in 2012, which was cut under logging contracts called Private Use Permits (PUPs) and exported to Bangladesh, China and France.

Another key critic of SFI is Sierra Club, which in 2009 filed a complaint against SFI - certified timber company Weyerhaeuser for conducting irresponsible logging on extremely steep and unstable slopes — actions that resulted in massive landslides and extensive damage to public and private property.

He also interned at a timber - related investment company in Atlanta, where he advised a private equity firm on multiple property dispositions.

For more than 20 years, Foley Hoag's Fund Formation attorneys have helped clients form all types of private investment funds, including hedge funds, venture capital funds, private equity funds, small business investment companies (SBICs), timber funds, funds of funds and other alternative investment funds.