JLC • NEW ENGLAND UPDATE • FEBRUARY 1996 JLC • NEW ENGLAND UPDATE • MAY 1996
Sustainable Wood
A million certified "Well-
Managed" acres of Maine
forest supply lumber to
New England and abroad
by Ted Cushman
A collection of family-owned
Maine woodlands has become
North America's largest environmentally
certified timber
operation. Certified as a "Well-
Managed Forest" by Scientific
Certification Systems (SCS) in
1993, Seven Islands Land
Company manages property
bought by David Pingree in
1841 and now owned by his
descendants. The company's
green-labeled products, including
softwood framing lumber,
hardwood flooring and millwork,
and white cedar shingles,
are available throughout New
England and abroad.
A family firm. The Pingree
family's holdings once extended
to over 2 million acres, owned
jointly since the turn of the century
with