ISN'T IT GOOD, CERTIFIED WOOD
Consumer demand in Washington state for eco-friendly lumber is
surpassing supply, even as a growing number of wood products firms
turn to harvesting and selling timber from sustainably managed
forests. The state Department of Natural Resources just announced
that it would like to have as much as 1.1 million acres of state
forestland certified as sustainably managed under the guidelines
of the Forest Stewardship Council, an international certification
group. Home Depot has approached the DNR seeking certified wood;
last year, the corporation announced that by 2002 it will sell
only lumber that has been certified as eco-friendly. Millions
of acres of state, county, and municipal lands in Massachusetts,
Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin have already
been certified as green.
straight to the source: Olympian,
John Dodge, 03.28.00
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