SCS Review of Washington forestland

Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) has completed its review of 1.2 million acres (500,000 ha) of forestland managed by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. The report outlines measures the state will need to take in order to achieve Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification, as well as several other conditions to be met during the first five years of certification. The full report is available from the Pinchot Institute (www.pinchot.org), which is overseeing the review of DNR forestland according to the guidelines of both FSC and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI). A preliminary report from BVQI, the auditing firm for SFI, does not identify any nonconformance with SFI guidelines.