Forest Certification Links
Forest Certification Organizations
Forest Stewardship
Council (FSC)
http://www.fscus.org/
Scientific Certification Systems, Smartwood, and SGS are accredited
to certify forest management under FSC principles
Sustainable
Forestry Initiative® (SFI) Standards
http://www.sfiprogram.org/standard/sfi-standard.php
SFI consumer-oriented
web site
http://www.sfiprogram.org/
Maine SFI
http://www.sfimaine.org/index.html
Master
Logger Certification
http://www.masterloggercertification.com
List
of Master Logger Companies
Small Woodland
Owner’s Association of Maine (SWOAM)
http://www.swoam.org/certification/index.shtml
American Tree
Farm System
http://www.treefarmsystem.org
Green Tag Forestry
http://www.greentag.org/index.htm
Forest Certification Resources
A Guide to Forest Stewardship Council Certification for Land
Trusts
published by the Rainforest Alliance
http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/landtrustguide
Certified Forest
Products Council: Certification Resource Center
http://www.certifiedwood.org
National Association
of State Foresters Policy Statement
http://www.stateforesters.org/positions/C&I.html
Pinchot Institute
for Conservation
http://www.pinchot.org
American Forest & Paper
Association
http://www.afandpa.org
Finding Markets for Certified Forest Products
Forest Certification Resource Center
http://www.certifiedwoodsearch.org/overview.aspx
A Smart Guide to Green Building Wood Sources
http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/programs/forestry/
trees/activities/pdfs/green_building.pdf (pdf format)
A
Smart Guide to Paper & Print Sources
http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/programs/forestry/pdf/smartguide.pdf
FSC Certified Paper
http://www.fscus.org/paper/
Green Building
http://www.fscus.org/green_building/
Public Summary Reports of Forest Certification
participants in Maine
Baxter State Park
Scientific Forest Management Area
http://www.forestry.sgs.com/9231-us_-_baxter_ra2005-20_-_ad36a_gm-psummary.pdf
Integrated Forest Management
http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/forestry/documents/integratedforestmgmtpubsum08.pdf
http://www.fsc-info.org
Irving Woodlands
LLC
http://www.scscertified.com/PDFS/forest_jdi_allagash.pdf
http://www.jdirving.com/pdf/Allagash.pdf
Maine Bureau of
Public Lands
http://www.scscertified.com/PDFS/forest_statemaine.pdf
http://www.maine.gov/doc/parks/forest_cert/sfi_report.pdf
MeadWestvaco
http://www.maineforest.org/sfi/Mead%20VOP.pdf
Mid Maine Forestry
http://www.scscertified.com/PDFS/forest_midmaine.pdf
New England Forestry Consultants, Inc
http://www.smartwood.org/reports/pdfs/nefc.pdf
New England Forestry Foundation
http://www.smartwood.org/reports/pdfs/neff.pdf
Plum Creek
http://www.maineforest.org/sfi/Plum%20Creek%20VOP.pdf
Seven Islands
Land Company
http://www.scscertified.com/PDFS/forest_seven.pdf
Two Trees Forestry
http://www.smartwood.org/reports/pdfs/two-trees.pdf
Forest Certification Comparisons
Forest Certification Resource Center
http://www.certifiedwoodsearch.org/matrix/matrix.asp
Meridian Institute
Comparative Analysis of the Forest Stewardship Council©
and Sustainable Forestry Initiative®
Certification Programs: October 16, 2001
http://www.merid.org/comparison/
Florida Forestry
Association: "Forest Certification Matrix"
http://66.38.154.139/ffa/uploadPDF/Matrix.pdf
National Wildlife
Federation,
Natural Resources Council of Maine and Environmental Advocates.
"A Comparsion of AF&PA's SFI and the FSC's Certification System".
June 2001.
http://www.maineenvironment.org/nwoods/FSC_SFI_comparison.htm
Behind the Logo:
An Assessment of the SFI in comparison
with the FSC in the USA
http://www.fern.org/pubs/reports/behind/sfi.pdf
Certified Forest Products Companies
E.D. Bessey
and Son
http://www.besseywood.com/
A. E. Sampson
and Son Ltd.
http://www.aesampsonandson.com/index.html
Columbia
Forest Products
http://www.columbiaforestproducts.com/
Georgia-Pacific
http://www.gp.com/
H.A. Stiles
Company
http://www.hastiles.com/index.html
Hancock Lumber
http://www.hancocklumber.com/links.html
Katahdin Cedar Log Homes
http://www.katahdincedarloghomes.com/
Louisiana-Pacific
Corporation
http://www.lpcorp.com/
J. M. Huber
Corporation - Wood Products
http://huberwood.com/ or http://www.huber.com/index.html
Maine Ornamental
Woodworkers, Inc.
http://www.postcaps.com/home.shtml
Maine WoodNet
Certified Group
http://www.mainewoodnet.org/
Maine Woods
Company LLC
http://www.mainewoods.net/view.htm
MeadWestvaco
http://www.meadwestvaco.com/corporate.nsf
SAPPI
http://www.sappi.com/
Disclaimer:
The Maine Forest Service does not endorse any particular forest
certification system.
