A large part of the town was originally covered with valuable timber.
Not only are they ruining good soil through bad farming, but destroying all the valuable timber.
Red cedar and other valuable timbers were also heavily logged in the area.
Old-growth trees, 300 or more years old, make particularly valuable timber for their huge size and tight grain.
The vast mountain areas are the source of valuable timber.
In less than 20 years most of the valuable timber was gone.
It produces very fine and valuable timber which was formerly much sought after to make furniture.
Secondly: we must, as an exception, also support necessary transportation and exports of valuable timber to third countries.
Within the park's protected boundaries were extensive stands of commercially valuable timber.
Getting in close to the reef without trashing our own ship wasn't a simple matter, particularly since we had all that valuable timber on board.