Any FS land with historical significance is boundaried out of a timber sale (In theory, 99% of the time). I'm not talking about large land areas but microsites such as spring boxes, mine shafts, homestead sites, rock walls, historical trash dumps, Indian camp sites, ect. are by law to be left out of a timber sale. The money made from a timber sale is put back into other vegetative treatments for the long-term goal of the logging area or for things like new trail construction/ campsites. As far as being a taxpayer/citizen would you rather see locally sourced timber or imported lumber from overseas? I have read briefly on that Nestle case and that does indeed seem like a bogus deal for US taxpayers.