Timber harvesting in Scotland has reached its highest level on record, according to official figures.

BBC: Scottish timber harvesting at record high

Legal precedent for this was set in 1977, when the Mescalero Apache Tribe of New Mexico, seeking to replace dwindling timber harvesting revenues from their 185, 000-hectare reservation, began selling hunting licenses with terms more liberal than the state's.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Legal precedent for this was set in 1977, when the Mescalero Apache Tribe of New Mexico, seeking to replace dwindling timber harvesting revenues from their 460, 000-acre reservation, began selling hunting licenses with terms more liberal than the state's.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Presumably this is also a good time to exit the related business of harvesting timber for use in home building.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Mr Garson said the commission carried out hundreds of forest operations and harvested about 700, 000 tonnes of timber every year, but this was the first pollution incident resulting from harvesting operations for more than 10 years.

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