2025 SFI Annual Conference Highlights

That’s a wrap! The 2025 SFI Annual Conference in Minneapolis brought together over 340 participants for a week full of learning and celebration. The event marked SFI’s 30-year anniversary and the [...]

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29
May
SFI Community Grant Spotlight: Architecture Students Connect With Forests to Understand Carbon

The building and construction sector is responsible for nearly 40% of global carbon emissions, yet many architecture students graduate without a full understanding of the environmental impacts of [...]

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27
May
Finding My Path: Insights from the SFI Youth Delegate Program

I’ve always been passionate about sustainability and currently serve as Quality Assurance and Sustainability Supervisor at a consumer products company. In this role, I manage the SFI Chain of Custody [...]

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04
Apr
Indigenous Leadership in Wildfire Mitigation: A Path Forward

Wildfires are lasting longer and becoming more intense, threatening communities year-round. Rising temperatures, prolonged droughts, insect infestations, and extreme weather events are stressing [...]

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01
Apr
International Day of Forests: Celebrating Our Roots, Growing Our Future

This year’s International Day of Forests is the perfect moment to recognize that sustainable forestry isn’t just a North American priority—it’s a global one. Forests provide clean air and water [...]

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19
Mar
Tree Plantings Advance Climate Action – But What Comes Next?

Historic investments are driving large-scale tree plantings across Canada and the United States. As urban canopies grow, the question remains: how do we ensure long-term tree care and forest [...]

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15
Jan
Balancing Carbon Smart With Other Forest Management Goals

There has been a great deal of dialogue recently about carbon and climate, leaving forest landowners asking themselves: “What does this mean for me? How do I make decisions with this information? How [...]

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21
Oct
Out of the Ashes: Oregon’s Living Aquatic Biodiversity Lab in the Forest

The Labor Day 2020 fires in western Oregon were unprecedented not only in the area burned—more than one million acres—but also in their ferocity. Hot, dry east winds swept across the state, causing [...]

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30
Sep
Truth and Reconciliation Week 2024

At the end of September, Canada commemorates Truth and Reconciliation Week 2024, culminating in the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day on September 30. Orange Shirt Day is [...]

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24
Sep
Assessing the Risk and Opportunity of Flames in the Forest

With recent headlines, it’s not as often one hears the words “good” and “fire” used together in a sentence. Indeed, communities across North America are grappling with more frequent and destructive [...]

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03
Sep
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