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.
Environmentalists will take another shot at improving stormwater systems. But part of their agenda with the Washington legislature is simply about holding the line in a downturn.
