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Virginia’s State Forests Earn SFI, ATFS Certifications

All of the state forests in Virginia are now certified to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative and American Tree Farm System standards. The Virginia Department of Forestry says that covers more than 68,000 acres across the Commonwealth. The state forest system gets no...

413,000 Acres Of Florida Forest Is Now SFI Certified

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, covering 413,000 acres,...

Clemson University Experimental Forest Gets SFI Certification

The Clemson University Experimental Forest will be able to sell its harvested timber in a wider range of green construction markets after its forest management practices were certified to be sustainable by a third-party group of experts. The forest’s 17,500 acres are...