SFI BLOG
ELEVATING URBAN FORESTRY AT THE 2026 SFI ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Urban forests that deliver on community priorities start with a clear direction. When we set goals and track impact, we sustain the momentum from planting to growing quality forests. As diverse actors like communities, governments, and funders take an interest in urban forests, at SFI, we care about convening these actors to explore the long-term and responsible management of trees, in places where people need them the most.
Conserving Birds on a Continental Scale with Sustainable Forest Management
Birds don’t recognize borders, which is one reason why an SFI Conservation Grant is supporting a project called “Managed Forests for Birds in the Boreal Transition Region of the U.S. and Canada.”
Engaging Youth on Sustainable Forestry at Philmont Scout Ranch
Working with more than 600 Scouts over the course of one week this past summer left me feeling energized and enthusiastic about our forests and the next generation.
SFI Supports Boy Scouts Building Forest Bat Boxes
As part of a recent SFI Community Grant project, the Voyageur’s Council of Boy Scouts of America built and installed 70 new bat boxes near Duluth, Minnesota.
The Artist Behind the 2021 Virtual SFI Annual Conference Speaker Gifts
Fourteen-year-old Mahatta Price loves spending time in the forest.
Celebrate Free Comic Day with SFI
After being canceled in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Free Comic Book Day will make an exciting nationwide return this Saturday, August 14.
SFI Annual Conference Features Leading Voices on Critical Global Issues
More than 600 people joined the 2021 Virtual SFI Annual Conference, May 12-14, to learn from a diverse and dynamic group of speakers.
Collaboration for Conservation in the Southern Blue Ridge
SFI and the Forest Stewards Guild have brought together partners who live and work in the Southern Blue Ridge, to collaborate on forest conservation approaches.
SFI Celebrates the International Day of Forests
SFI celebrates forests every day, but every year on March 21 we join so many others to formally recognize the United Nations International Day of Forests.
SFI Celebrates Women Leaders on International Women’s Day #iwd2021 #choosetochallenge
International Women’s Day takes on even greater meaning in the middle of a global pandemic.
Getting ready for 2021
I hope everyone had a nice holiday season. I wanted to start the year with some lessons from 2020 that can inform our work going forward. I am proud of what we achieved together last year during such unique times and appreciative of how we adapted.
SFI E-Summit: Sustainably Managed Forests Deliver Shared Sustainability Goals
More than 330 virtual attendees from across the U.S. and Canada joined the Sustainable Forestry Initiative’s E-Summit.
Working Forests at Work for Birds
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A bird watcher, a lumber manufacturer, and a wildlife biologist walk into a bar…Or was it a forest?
Sometimes It Takes a Bigger Perspective to Truly See the Forest
Not long ago, I was in northwestern Ontario sailing high above the blanket of boreal forests stretching as far as the eye could see.
Shaping the SFI Standards – SFI Completes Second Comment Period
SFI’s standards, when leveraged with our three other pillars of work, provide practical, scalable solutions for markets and communities committed to a sustainable planet.
Indigenous Perspectives Inform SFI Standards and So Much More
SFI has a proud history of forest-focused collaboration with Indigenous Peoples. Every day, we strive to co-create meaningful change, while also listening, learning, and growing as an organization to become the best possible partner we can be.
