Who says that money doesn't grow on trees? Did you know that timber was one of the ONLY assets that appreciated in 2008? Just take a look at the high yield stocks in the diversified timber REIT sub-industry, and you might just might launch into a verse of Monty Python's "Lumberjack Song"...

One Timber Reit which emerges in a screen for high dividend yields is Potlatch Corp., (PCH). A figure that many investors use when analyzing timber companies is the amount of acres/share. At Potlatch's current price of $26.77, you get approximately 38-39 acres/share, plus you get the rest of the business for free, (land sales & development, and wood products manufacturing).

Potlatch recently announced a cutback in timber harvesting, due to soft market prices, but is maintaining their dividend of $.51/share/quarter, for a 7.62% yield.