The area was cut in earlier times to harvest timber.
They began to harvest timber from the estate in 1835.
International Paper will continue to exercise its rights to harvest timber on parts of the land until 2080.
This would allow him to harvest timber in the area without a separate permit.
They were to remain "forever wild", with no timber being harvested again from them.
That would only be one-fifth of the timber harvested in the 1980's.
It's a cozy deal for industry because the timber harvested from public land is cheap.
The institute will also look at ways of harvesting timber without destroying the forests.
All timber harvested in Oregon is subject to the forest products harvest tax.
Its history, though, goes back to the 1600's, when woodcutters harvested timber there.