Forestry Stewardship Council

At least some of the wood used in our addition came is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. I was reminded of this when we removed the new baseboards from the addition walls in order to paint yesterday. Home Depot, among other suppliers, sells wood certified by FSC. What does this mean? Wood certified by FSC comes from sustainably-managed and harvested forests, where management seeks to reduce erosion and maintain wildlife habitat (which is often sub-optimal in plantation-style monoculture forests). You can read about it at http://www.fscus.org/.

A blurb from their website: "FSC promotes responsible forest management . . . encouraging the development of national and regional forest management standards, and by providing public education and information about independent, third-party certification as a tool for ensuring that the world's forests are protected for future generations. There are currently more than 23 million acres of FSC-certified forestland in the U.S. and more than 225 million acres globally."