Project teams can seek help in identifying CSF operations and procuring CSW from organizations whose ethics and expertise they trust. On many projects, it may be possible to achieve intentional sourcing goals by working directly with a wood product supplier who is knowledgeable in CSF and procurement options for CSW. When this is not an option, project teams can consider engaging a ‘wood advisor’ consultancy that is in the business of facilitating intentional wood sourcing. Finally, there are a number of reputable organizations who are not set up to help project teams in the way that wood advisors can, but nevertheless are knowledgeable about CSF practices in different geographies and may be able to suggest particular CSF operations as potential suppliers.
Following are a list of not-for-profit organizations that are broadly aligned with CSWG’s goals and values that may be able to provide assistance:
| Organization | Geography / Scope | Description | Website | Contact Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Stewards Guild | United States | The Forest Stewards Guild is a national organization that both practices and promotes science-based, ecological forestry. We have members and staff across the country engaged in all aspects of stewardship from planning with climate in mind through to low-impact logging. Because we work directly with landowners and forest managers, we could help project teams who are interested in intentional wood procurement identify prospective source forestry operations. | View Website | Contact Info on website |
| New England Forestry Foundation | New England | The New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) is a regional non-profit organization that manages more than 150 community forests and over 160 conservation easements –protecting more than 1.2 million total acres of forestland throughout the region. NEFF also advances forest practices that improve long-term forest health, ecological integrity, carbon storage, and timber productivity of working forests in New England, and works to demonstrate an Exemplary Forestry approach. Drawing on extensive regional expertise, NEFF can outline and provide a spectrum on what good, sustainable, or climate-smart forest management looks like in New England. While NEFF generally does not directly facilitate wood procurement at this time, NEFF staff can serve as a starting place for project teams by offering guidance and connections to regional procurement options. | View Website | Contact Info on website |
| Northwest Natural Resource Group | Washington state | Northwest Natural Resource Group (NNRG) is a regional non-profit organization that promotes and demonstrates the use of ecological forestry in Washington and Oregon, connecting landowners with the knowledge, skills, and resources they need to steward their land. NNRG also holds a Forest Stewardship Council® group certificate through which 75 landowners have enrolled 190,000 acres of forestland in FSC certification. NNRG has modeled approaches to forest management that take the climate into account and consulted on manuals of “climate-informed” forestry for the Pacific Northwest. NNRG staff can offer guidance to project teams for whom the climate implications of wood sourcing is important and connect them with sources of logs across the region, be they managed by its own foresters or by others. | View Website | Contact Info on website |
| Sustainable Northwest | Pacific Northwest | Covering the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain West regions, SNW's Wood Advisor Service provides building owners and project teams with consultation and implementation support surrounding specification criteria, wood sourcing optimization, supply chain transparency, 3rd party chain of custody and forest management verification, and storytelling. | View Website | Contact Info on website |
| The Watershed Research & Training Center | California | The Watershed Research and Training Center (WRTC) started in the early 1990s as a local project to re-train displaced loggers and millworkers on the topic of community-based forest stewardship. Today, WRTC is a vibrant nonprofit, serving the local communities in Trinity County through a full spectrum of forest planning and implementation services, and leads statewide and national initiatives on all aspects of forest resilience while living with fire. Drawing upon our long, trusted relationships across public and private landowners, WRTC can help prospective teams understand more about ecological and climate smart forestry in California and explore options for targeted wood procurement strategies. | View Website | Contact Info on website |
This study commissioned by Amazon provides a wealth of information about ecological and climate smart forestry practices specific to regional “timbersheds” across North America. For each timbershed, it provides spectrums for good-better-best harvesting practices and CSF. It also provides an “implementation roadmap” for how project teams can leverage the study to identify CSF operations and procure CSW.
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