Promoting Sustainable Forestry

In 2007 in the United States, Weyerhaeuser:

5,419

Number of suppliers who received information on reforestation and best management practices in 2007

• Purchased wood directly from 3,335 private forest owners and provided them with information on reforestation and best management practices.
• Provided information on reforestation and best management practices to 5,419 indirect suppliers, such as loggers who supply logs to third-party sawmills that sell their residual chips to Weyerhaeuser.
• Communicated our procurement policies to loggers, chip suppliers, wood dealers and other raw-material suppliers.
• Provided information about sustainable forestry to more than 3,300 family forest owners in the United States. About 580 of these owners—who manage a total of more than 98,000 acres—participated in our Land Owner Assistance Program. In 2007, we helped these owners develop forest-management plans, provided 2.9 million seedlings at no cost, and helped regenerate 3,023 acres through planting and 2,850 acres through natural regeneration.