Testing the Market Value of Certified Sustainable Lumber

Independently certified softwood lumber from North American forests is being market-tested for the first time this summer by Home Depot, Inc. White spruce 2x4s will be sold in Arizona and ponderosa pine shelving in southern California, both sporting labels with Collins Pine’s sustainable forestry scorecard from Scientific Certification Systems (SCS). In the certification and rating process that was completed this Spring, the 92,000-acre Collins Almanor Forest operation was evaluated by SCS based on criteria in three categories: sustained yield, ecological health of the forest, and social values. Scores between 80 and 90 were achieved in all three categories. A combined score over 60 qualifies an operation for SCS’s “well-managed forest” designation.
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