Continual Improvement
Excellence Honored at 2009 SFI Conference
International Forest Products Limited and the Nanwakolas Council received an SFI Conservation Leadership Award for a partnership to ensure a suitable supply of monumental cedar trees to meet long-term cultural needs on British Columbia’s Pacific Coast.
Adams Lake Biomass Energy System
International Forest Products Limited’s (Interfor) Adams Lake Division installed a new biomass-fired energy system that began commercial operation in February, 2008. The new energy system eliminated the disposal of “waste” biomass, formerly burned in an open Olivine burner. The new system also eliminated the use of LNG (liquid natural gas) previously burned in the lumber dry kilns and in a number of small space heaters in the sawmill and planer buildings. Eliminating the on-site LNG burning also eliminated the trucking of LNG to the mill site.
Adams Lake - BC Ministry of Environment 2002 Interior Watershed Award
Forest professionals at Adams Lake Lumber have been involved in watershed restoration activities in Sinmax Creek since the mid-1990’s. Sinmax Creek drains roughly 195 square kilometers of both forested and cultivated land into Skwaam Bay on Adams Lake. Working in partnership with the Adams Lake Indian Band and other interested groups important habitat has been restored for endangered Coho salmon populations. In 2002 Adams Lake Lumber’s lead professional on the project, Alan Thorne was awarded the Interior Watershed Award.
Molalla Division - Awarded State of Oregon Regional Erosion Prevention Award
Interfor Pacific has undertaken a number of capital projects at its mills in Washington and Oregon aimed at improving productivity and/or maintaining environmental values in and around our facilities. In 2006, Interfor Pacific was awarded a Regional Erosion Prevention Award for exceptional performance in the field of erosion prevention and sediment control during the construction of a new log yard at the Molalla sawmill.
Land Use Plan to Protect BC Coastal Rainforest
Interfor has played an important role in achieving consensus for a comprehensive land use plan that covers BC Central and North Coast forests. Click here to view our comments about the Feb. 7, 2006 announcement and information brochure “Beyond Expectations”.
Forest Sustainability Report
Interfor produced a Forest Sustainability Report in 2004 as a way to communicate the company's approach to managing for the environment. The company is a global leader in sustainable forest management. Click on Sustainability Report to view a copy.
(Note: FSC and Forest Stewardship Council are registered trademarks ®; FSC license #C013531, FSC COC #SW-COC-002094)
U.N. Environmental Achievement Award
In May 2000, Interfor was chosen as one of 12 companies from around the world to receive the inaugural Millennium Business Award for Environmental Achievement. The award was jointly presented by the United Nations Environmental Program and the International Chamber of Commerce.
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