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iMPLEMEnraiON CkasMEs RM SusnuNABif Forestry by AF&PA 



Members in the Procwement of Wood and Fber from Loggers and Other Landowners 



OBJECTIVE 10. Broaden the practice of sustainable 

 forestry by fiuther involving nonindustrial land- 

 owners, loggers, consulting {brestets and company 

 employees who are active in wood procoiement 

 and landowner assistance programs. 

 Performance Measures: 



a. AF&PA members will encourage landowners who 

 sell timber to reforest following harvest and to use 

 Best Management Practices by providing these 

 landowners with information on the environmental 

 and economic advantages of these practices. 



b. AF&PA members will work closely with losing 

 and state forestry associations, appropriate agencies 

 and others in the forestry community to further 

 improve the professionalism of loggers by estabUshmg 

 state groups (where none exist) and by cooperating 

 with existing state groups to promote the training and 

 education of lowers in: 



■ Awareness of AF&PA Sustainable Forestry 

 Principles; 



■ Best Management Practices — including road 

 construction and retirement, site preparation, 

 streamside management, etc.; 



■ Regeneration and forest resource conservation; 



■ Awareness of responsibihties under the 

 Endangered Species Act and other wildUfe 

 considerations; 



■ Logging safety; 



■ OS HA and wage and hour rules; 



■ Transportation; and 



■ Business management — including employee 



training, public relations, etc 



As a means of demonstrating AF&PA members' 

 commitment to continuous improvement in sustainable 

 forestry, state groups will be encouraged to sponsor 

 training and education programs for loggers, employees 

 mvolved in procurement and landowner assistance, 

 contractors, and suppliers by January 1, 1996. 



c AF&PA will collect information from its members, 

 state groups, and other sources in order to annually 

 report: 



■ the number of landowners who receive 

 information about forest regeneration from 

 contractors, company employees, and others; 



■ howmany of these landowners made an 

 informed decision to apply BMPs and to 

 regenerate the forest after harvest; 



■ the number of loggers who completed each 

 year's training and education programs; and 



■ the percentage of wood delivered by loggers 

 who have completed lojger training and 

 education programs. 



d. AF&PA members will ensure their commitment 

 to die Sustainable Forestry Principles is communicated 

 throughout all levels of their companies — particularly 

 to mill and woodland managers, wood procurement 

 op>erations, and field foresters. 



e. AF&PA members will support and promote efforts 

 by consulting foresters, state and federal agencies, 

 state groups, and programs like the American Tree 

 Farm System, to educate and assist nonindustrial 

 landowners and to encourage them to apply principles 

 of sustainable forest management on their lands. 



f. Each AF&PA member will clearly define and 

 implement its own policies, programs, and plans to 

 ensure that mill inventories and procurement practices 

 do not compromise its adherence to the Principles of 

 Sustainable Forestry. 



