| 2025 |
Lyme Timber Company, Managing Directors Peter Stein and Sean Ross |
For a longstanding commitment to advancing conservation outcomes across its land base and their instrumental leadership in partnering on meaningful conservation efforts related to biodiversity conservation, research-based forest management practices, and climate smart forestry. |
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| 2024 |
Dr. Puneet Dwivedi, University of Georgia |
For advancing knowledge and understanding of water and biodiversity values of SFI Fiber Sourcing. |
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| 2023 |
Mosaic Forest Management |
For working to mitigate climate change and advancing SFI’s climate smart forestry objective. |
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| 2022 |
Weyerhaeuser, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and partners |
For spearheading bird conservation in the Central Appalachians |
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| 2021 |
West Fraser and Nature Conservancy of Canada |
For their innovative leadership in connecting sustainable forest management with Canada’s commitment to protected and conserved areas in relation to the Government of Canada commitment to conserving 25% of its land and 25% of its oceans by 2025 and is working toward 30% for each by 2030. |
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| 2020 |
No award |
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| 2019 |
Healy Hamilton, NatureServe and EJ Williams, American Bird Conservancy |
For their leadership in biodiversity conservation in relation to SFI Conservation Impact Project. |
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| 2018 |
Brian Kernohan, Hancock Natural Resources Group |
For his leadership for forest conservation through involvement on various SFI committees, collaboration on research for the Conservation Impact Project, and organizational leadership on conservation objectives. |
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| 2017 |
JD Irving Limited |
For their involvement on 68 forest research projects demonstrating their commitment to advancing sustainable forest management in US and Canada. |
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| 2016 |
Washington Department of Natural Resources and partners from: The Nature Conservancy, Yakama Nation, Washington Fish and Wildlife and US Forest Service |
For their collaborative efforts in the Manastash-Taneum Resilient Landscape Restoration Project. This initiative focuses on thinning overgrown forests in the Pacific Northwest to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires, disease, and insect infestations. |
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| 2015 |
Sierra Pacific Industries, and partners from: US Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and North Carolina State University |
For their efforts to restore declining populations of fishers in northern California. |
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| 2014 |
Pyramid Mountain Lumber, FH Stoltze and Montana Forest Restoration Committee |
Collaboration on improving habitat for grizzly bear populations in Montana. |
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| 2013 |
Soterra LLC and Pollinator Partnership |
Collaboration on habitat of honey bees and other native pollinators in forested ecosystems through the Tiger Swamp Pollination Study and their overall commitment to the Pollinator Habitat Improvement project. |
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| 2012 |
Molpus Timberland Management LLC, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and KY Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources |
In 1997, the KY Dept. of Fish and Wildlife with the support of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation set out to conserve 2 million acres and restore elk to historic ranges in a 16-county zone in eastern KY. By 2008, population targets were met and a new initiative, The Appalachian Wildlife Initiative, was launched to focus on habitat conservation that benefits not only elk, but varied wildlife. Molpus enrolling 55,000 acres on managed lands with KY (known as the Corrigan Wildlife Management Area). |
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| 2011 |
Lyme Timber Co. and Wildlife Management Institute |
Leading a project that is improving forest habitat for the American woodcock in northern New York State. |
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| 2010 |
Port Blakely Tree Farms |
For participation in a cooperative project to reintroduce endangered Oregon spotted frogs to their former historic range. |
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| 2009 |
International Forest Products Ltd. (Interfor); Crown Pine Timber LP; Ducks Unlimited Canada/LP Canada (Feb 2009) |
International Forest Products Ltd. and the Nanwakolas Council received an SFI Conservation Leadership Award for a partnership to ensure a suitable supply of monumental cedar trees to meet longterm cultural needs on British Columbia’s Pacific Coast. Crown Pine Timber LP for conservation partnerships with organizations such as the Nature Conservancy of Texas and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department that will protect and restore longleaf pine woodlands in east Texas. Louisiana-Pacific Corporation and Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) for research collaboration and forest inventory improvements, including an enhanced wetland inventory, information transfer and environmental education on public lands in Manitoba |
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| 2008 |
Rayonier; Forest Capital Partners |
The Minnesota Division of Forest Capital Partners LLC won the SFI and Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation Wildlife Stewardship Award. UPM-Kymmene Inc. and Rayonier Inc. and their many partners each won an SFI Leadership in Conservation Research Award. |
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| 2007 |
UPM-Kymmene |
SFI Inc. announced the creation of the Leadership in Conservation Research Award The first award winner was the Birds as Bioindicators of Biodiversity Study, launched in 2007. It aims to improve forestry practices by evaluating the reproductive performance of several songbird and woodpecker species in treated and control areas of public lands managed by UPM-Kymmene in eastern Canada. Participants include UPM; Time Inc.; the Université de Moncton; the New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources; The Nature Conservancy of Canada, and Bird Studies Canada. |
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