Who runs SFI?

SFI Inc. is an independent, nonprofit 501(c)3 organization that is solely responsible for maintaining, overseeing and improving the internationally recognized Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI®) program. Across the United States and Canada, 240 million acres /nearly 100 million hectares are certified to the SFI forest management standard. In addition, the SFI program’s unique fiber sourcing requirements promote responsible forest management on all suppliers’ lands. SFI chain of custody (COC) certification tracks the percentage of fiber from certified forests, certified sourcing and post-consumer recycled content. SFI on product labels identify both certified sourcing and COC claims to help consumers make responsible purchasing decisions. SFI Inc. is governed by a three chamber board of directors representing environmental, social and economic sectors equally. Learn more at www.forests.org.

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State Implementation Committee

In Maine, as in many states around the country, the Maine SFI Program is run by a State Implementation Committee (SIC) comprised of representatives from various stakeholder groups, including the Maine Forest Service, an array of associations with interests in forest management and forest sustainability, and SFI members.

The Maine SIC works at the local level to promote the SFI Standard as a means to broaden the practice of sustainable forestry and ensure on-the-ground progress. These resource professionals volunteer a significant amount of time to assure that national SFI program objectives are consistently implemented and adapted to region-specific needs.

Maine SIC Committee Members

  • ATV Maine
  • Baskahegan Company
  • BBC Land, LLC.
  • Brochu Land Company
  • Celine Brochu Irrevocable Trust
  • Certified Logging Professionals Program
  • Conservation Fund
  • Forest Resources Association
  • Hancock Lumber Co.
  • Huber Engineered Woods
  • Irving Forest Products Inc.
  • Katahdin Forest Management
  • Louisiana Pacific
  • Maine Audubon
  • Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
  • Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Recreational Trails Division
  • Maine Department of Environmental Protection
  • Maine Forest Service
  • Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
  • Maine Snowmobile Association
  • Maine Tree Farm Committee
  • Maine Tree Foundation
  • Maine Woodland Owners
  • ND Paper LLC
  • Portage Wood Products
  • Prentiss & Carlisle
  • ReEnergy
  • Robbins Lumber Co.
  • Sappi North America
  • School of Forest Resources, University of Maine
  • Seven Islands Land Co.
  • Southern Aroostook Adult Education
  • Tree-Star Timberland
  • The Conservation Fund
  • Twin Rivers Paper Co.
  • Wagner Forest Management
  • Weyerhaeuser Co.
  • Woodland Pulp

Staff

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Pat Sirois it the Coordinator of the Maine SIC. Pat can be reached at psirois@maineforest.org or by phone at (207) 622-9288.

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