NEWS RELEASES
Pennsylvania SFI Implementation Committee Takes Logger Training for Youth and Harvesting Professionals to New Heights
Gone are the days when children followed their fathers to work in the woods.
Plum Creek’s Rick Holley Wins SFI President’s Award for Leadership
Rick Holley, Chief Executive Officer of Plum Creek Timber Company, has won the SFI President’s Award, for consistently showing leadership on behalf of working forests that support habitat and rural communities.
Sierra Pacific and Partners Come Together to Save the Fisher
A crew of dedicated scientists in northern California is working hard to restore declining populations of fishers.
Florida Forest Service Receives Prestigious Third-Party Forest Certification
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam announced today that the Florida Forest Service, a division of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, certified Blackwater River and Tate’s Hell State Forests.
SFI Sets a Guinness World Records Title One Tree at a Time: Officially Amazing
SFI and its partners across North America set a new Guinness World Records title, planting 202,935 trees in one hour.
Muckleshoot Tribe Chooses SFI Certification to Enhance Long-Term Sustainable Timber Harvest and Support Cultural Values
The Muckleshoot Tribe’s ancestors inhabited Central Puget Sound for thousands of years.
NWTF and SFI Sign Agreement for Forest Health
NWTF and SFI announced today an exciting new partnership for future forests.
SFI Brings Teams from Across North America to Break a World Record
People of all ages and backgrounds from across the U.S. and Canada came together Wednesday to break the Guinness World Record for the most trees planted in one hour by small teams.
Sustainable Forestry Initiative and Habitat for Humanity Partner to Provide New Home for Local Greenwood Family
A local grassroots project launched last year marked an important milestone yesterday with the dedication of a new home for a family of four in Greenwood, South Carolina.
SFI Brings the Forest Sector Together
SFI and H4H Canada are helping to put a roof over the heads of Canadian families in need.
Fighting Invasive Plants to Conserve Biological Diversity in BC’s Interior Forests
Preventing the spread of invasive plants is motivating a dedicated group of biologists, foresters, agrologists, conservationists and members of the public to head into forested lands outside of Okanagan Falls today.
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative Welcomes Four New Board Members Representing Environmental, Social and Economic Interests
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. (SFI) is pleased to announce that four leaders have been elected to the independent Board of Directors.
Devastation to Restoration: Communities for Healthy Forests Transforms Post‐Fire Rehabilitation into Learning Experience for Students
Today, CHF, with support from the SFI, celebrated its second year of restoration on lands devastated by the Douglas Complex wildfire.
White House Easter Egg Gift Box Certified to the SFI Standard
SFI is proud that the NPF, has selected to package the official 2015 White House Easter Egg in a gift box made from paperboard certified to the SFI® Standard.
Canada Warbler’s Steep Decline Prompts Recovery Planning from Scientists, Conservationists and Resource Managers
Thirty scientists, conservationists and resource managers are coming together today in Ottawa to halt the decline of the threatened Canada Warbler.
ABOUT SFI
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI) advances sustainability through forest-focused collaborations. We are an independent, nonprofit organization that leverages four interconnected pillars of work: standards, conservation, community, and education. SFI works with the forest sector, conservation groups, academics, researchers, brand owners, resource professionals, landowners, educators, local communities, Indigenous Peoples, and governments. Collaborating with our network, we leverage SFI-certified forests and products as powerful tools to help solve sustainability challenges such as climate action, conservation of biodiversity, education of future generations, and sustainable economic development.
MEDIA CONTACT
Christine Leduc
VP, Communications and Government Relations
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
613-706-1114
media@forests.org
