Redwood Forests
Lumber-producing redwood forests have proven to be well managed and sustainable. Harvested lands always are replanted and resources from water to wildlife habitat conserved and protected. Roughly 90 percent of managed redwood forestlands have been certified sustainable by the Forest Stewardship Council or Sustainable Forestry Initiative, and all redwood forests are subject to California's strict environmental regulations.
There are more than 1.7 million acres of redwood forests thriving in California about the same number of acres as we had before the Gold Rush, with about 400,000 acres held in public parks and reserves. Towering redwoods (redwood is the tallest tree in the world) and spectacular old-growth groves are typically found at the mouths of rivers and where centuries of periodic flooding deposited layers of nutrient-rich soils. Virtually all old-growth trees are protected from harvest, and forestry companies invest millions of dollars to enhance water quality throughout the redwood region.
Redwood lumber comes from privately owned, second- and third-generation forests that have raised sustainable forestry to new heights. With active management, forest-regeneration and continued conservation, there will be more redwoods in the near future than there are today.
Source: www.calredwood.org
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