Certified Wood from Seven Islands Forests

It is now possible for environmentally concerned architects and builders to specify and buy framing lumber, white cedar shingles, and hardwood flooring that have been independently certified to be from well-managed forests. The Seven Islands Land Company, headquartered in Bangor, Maine, has just received chain-of-custody certification for several different wood products produced from the company’s wood. Seven Islands manages approximately 1 million acres of forest in northern and western Maine for the Pingree heirs, who have owned the land for over 150 years.

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