Welcome to Northwest Certified Forestry, a program of the Northwest Natural Resource Group.

Northwest Certified Forestry is a growing network of landowners, wood products manufacturers and lumberyards that specialize in locally produced forest products that are certified to the high standards of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).

As a membership program, Northwest Certified Forestry assists forest landowners with optimizing the income potential of stewardship forestry. NCF is building a community of landowners and individuals who are pursuing

innovative and entrepreneurial approaches to forest management.

Forest landowners in the Pacific Northwest manage their lands to some of the highest standards in the world, and NCF helps landowners to stand out in the marketplace and receive financial and public recognition for their efforts. We believe that managing forests for ecological diversity can translate to economic diversity, and in today’s quickly changing forest products marketplace, diversification is an increasingly important strategy for remaining economically successful.

1. Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification
2. Customized marketing assistance for certified forest products
3. Educational workshops and training courses on topics relating to innovative forest management
4. Assistance identifying conservation and financial assistance programs
5. Assistance identifying additional income opportunities from forestland
6. Referrals to high quality natural resource professionals
7. Information services (publications, website, newsletter, e-mail bulletin, on-line business contacts database)
8. Ecosystem service market development (e.g. carbon credits)
   

If you have a comment or concern regarding Northwest Certified Forestry's FSC group management certificate (SA-FM/COC-1394) and would like to contact our certifier directly, please see the Soil Association's Woodmark Program.