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• The Foundation planted 4,300 acres beginning in December, 2007, and ending on January 8, 2008.
• A total of 2,057,225 seedlings were planted, including loblolly and drought-hardy loblolly pine.
• The significant returns produced by the timber investment were highlighted by the report that $1.2 Million in costs of site preparation and planting on 4,300 acres will translate, in 25 years, to more than $16 Million in revenue from timber harvest.
• The Foundation has planted 28, 646 acres in the past seven years.
• The February 21st sale of timber on 1,049 acres yielded $1,832,949, or an average of $1,747 per acre. That sale was the second of Fiscal Year 2008, and a third sale has been scheduled for May, 2008.
• Since 1997, the USA Foundation has received $90 Million in revenue from timber sales.