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          Background                                                                  
               Petitioner is an Oregon corporation with its principal                 
          office in Portland, Oregon.  Petitioner operates a vertically               
          integrated forest products manufacturing business, which includes           
          the ownership and processing of trees (raw materials) at various            
          types of manufacturing plants, including lumber mills, plywood              
          plants, and paper mills.  The raw materials used in the                     
          manufacturing process are derived from petitioner’s trees and               
          from trees grown by others.  Approximately 40 percent of                    
          petitioner’s timber needs is acquired from petitioner’s                     
          timberland, which comprises 1,253,000 acres of forested land.               
               Petitioner suffered damage to some of its standing trees               
          during each of the years in issue, 1992-95.  The damage was                 
          caused by wind, ice storms, wildfires, or insect infestations.              
          The damage left part of petitioner’s damaged trees standing and             
          part of them fallen.  The intended use of the trees was continued           
          growth and cultivation until maturity, at which time the trees              
          would have been systematically and efficiently harvested.  The              
          damage occurred prior to the intended time for harvest.                     
               Petitioner salvaged its damaged trees to avoid further loss            
          (from decay, insects, etc.) by means of the following steps:                
          (1) Taking down damaged trees that remained standing; (2) cutting           
          damaged trees into standard length logs; (3) stripping the                  
          branches from the logs; (4) dragging the logs to a pickup point;            






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