Promoting Sustainable Forestry

In 2008 in the United States, Weyerhaeuser:

4,272

Number of suppliers who received information on reforestation and best management practices in 2008

• Purchased wood directly from 2,209 private forest owners and provided them with information on reforestation and best management practices.
• Provided information on reforestation and best management practices to 4,272 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 2,200 family forest owners in the United States. About 400 of these owners—who manage a total of more than 135,000 acres—participated in our Land Owner Assistance Program. In 2008, we helped these owners develop forest-management plans, provided 2.0 million seedlings at no cost, and helped regenerate 3,789 acres through planting and 7,322 acres through natural regeneration.