Certification | Forest Management Practices | Even-Aged Management | California | Washington
FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Green Diamond's long-term commitment to the land is at the heart of every forest management decision we make. Our forest practices are guided by experience and backed by science. Our professional foresters, wildlife biologists and other experts apply this knowledge in the field every day to help ensure that our forests remain healthy and productive while providing a home for a wide variety of fish and wildlife species.
Regenerating the Forest
Green Diamond has an active reforestation program and nurseries that supply the company with healthy seedlings for planting. Each year we plant more than 2 million seedlings by hand. In addition, we sell a portion of the seedlings we produce to other timber companies to restock their timberlands, helping to promote forests on timberlands throughout the region.
Harvesting
Our logging crews employ some of the best harvesting technology and methods in the business to reduce the disruption to the environment. Our timber harvests are carefully planned, taking into account a host of factors including:
- Tree species and age, and special environmental conditions.
- Locating roads and landings to reduce the disruption to streams and wetlands.
- Maintaining "wildlife" trees and riparian zones around streams to provide habitat and to protect water quality.
Our harvest crews are provided with a checklist of safety, environmental and other issues to ensure that all of our forest management practices are met.
For more on our forest management activities, select one of the links below.
- Clearing up the Controversy Over Even-aged Management
- More on Washington's Forest Practices
- More On Our California Forest Practices
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