Plum Creek Timber Company operates in the Real estate investment trusts sector. Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. is a private timberland owner in the United States. As of December 31, 2010, it owned 6.8 million acres of timberlands located in 19 states. Its timberlands are diversified, not only geographically, but also by species mix and age distribution. It manages its timberlands in two segments: the Northern Resources Segment, consisting of timberlands in Maine, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin, and the Southern Resources Segment, consisting of timberlands in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas. In addition, its Other Segment includes its natural resource businesses that focus on opportunities for oil and natural gas production, mineral extraction, wind power and communication and transportation rights of way. The Real Estate Segment comprises its sale of timberlands and sales of non-strategic timberlands. In
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