Forest Certification
Spray Lakes Sawmills began its pursuit of attaining 3rd party forest certification in 1996. From 1996 through 2009, Spray Lake Sawmills was certified under the Alberta ForestCare certification program. SLS obtained international 3rd party forest certification in 2013 and continues to be forest certified by internationally recognized programs.
SLS’s has made the commitment, through its Chain of Custody program, that all of the wood sourced to operate its sawmill is:
- Not harvested from forest areas where traditional or civil rights are violated;
- Not harvested from forest areas having high conservation values which are threatened;
- Not harvested from genetically modified (GM) trees;
- Not illegally harvested;
- Not from natural forest that have been converted to plantations or non-forest use.
For more details please visit https://spraylakesawmills.com/certification/
Documents:
Blue Rock Sheep River Fine Scale Assessment -Birdseye Environmental Ltd. – January 2017
November 2016 SFI Audit Report
November 2015 SFI Audit Report
February 17, 2015 FSC Public Report
December 3, 2014 FSC Transfer Report
HCVF Category 4_Peer Review March 13-2014
March 10, 2014 Protected Area Workshop Summary
November 14, 2013 Protected Areas Workshop Summary
Protected Areas Gap Analysis Version 2
Certification Workshop Review Apr4_13
Gap Analysis Presentation – Apr 4, 2013
HCVF Presentation Kansas April 4 2013
