"The 2014 conservation grant recipients represent a wide and invaluable cross section of research supporting future forests across the United States and Canada," said Kathy Abusow, President and CEO of SFI Inc. "The SFI program is the only forest certification standard in North America that requires participants to support and engage in research activities to improve forest health, productivity and sustainable management of forest resources. We're looking forward to supporting each of these worthy projects."
Since 2010, SFI has awarded more than 50 conservation partnership grants totaling more than $1.9 million to foster research and pilot efforts to better inform future decisions about its forests. When leveraged with project partner contributions, that total investment exceeds $7.1 million.
This year's projects include improving wildlife habitat management, mitigating impacts on wetlands, and conserving indigenous cultural features, just to name a few.
