Timber theft, or cutting trees from a forest and removing the logs without paying the landowner, was a large and growing problem during that time.
(Timber theft, or cutting trees from a forest and removing the logs without paying the landowner; was; a large and growing problem; T:during that time)
Timber theft, or cutting trees from a forest and removing the logs without paying the landowner
was
a large and growing problem T:during that time