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As Will Rogers famously said, the trouble with land is they're not making any more of it.

In the north woods, land prices are rising as the population swells and people look for places to build vacation and retirement homes. Wall Street investment bankers are demanding timber companies convert their vast land holdings into profit. And as cheap wood pulp from abroad depresses their revenues, it's hard for the companies to say no.

"It's the perfect storm," says Ron Nargang, director of the Nature Conservancy's Minnesota chapter.