Environmental Pride
The sustained
forest management philosophy of the Confederated Tribes
of the Warm Springs Reservation is declared in the Integrated Resources
Management plan for the Forested Area.This
detailed management plan provides strategies for the
stewardship of all forest resources and serves as a
basis for making management decisions on the
Reservation timberlands.
FSC Certified
Warm Springs Forest Products
Industries has been awarded the Chain of Custody
Certificate by the Forest Stewardship
Council. The FSC has developed a set of Principles
and Criteria for forest management that are applicable
to all FSC-certified forests throughout the world.
There are 10 Principles and 57 Criteria that address
legal issues, indigenous rights, labor rights, multiple
benefits, and environmental impacts surrounding forest
management.
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Vanport Group
Vanport
Group is an international forest products company
headquartered in the U.S.A. Vanport specializes in importing
and exporting high quality wood products, as well as activities
in manufacturing and consulting. Their primary focus is wood
based items for house construction and home improvement.
Warm Springs Forest Products is proud to partner with Vanport
Group to develop international opportunities.
Integrated Resource Management
Warm Springs Forest
Products harvests the Nature's tress in harmony with the
ecosystem. As the Earth's Farmers, we maintain the balance and
ensure there is little impact on the land.
The inspiration for integrated resource management was derived
from the tenants of the Declaration of Sovereignty. These
long-standing beliefs are reinforced by thoughtful leadership
that reflects the values, beliefs, teachings and practices of
several hundred generations who relied on the resources from this
land.
Integrated management combines an understanding of tribal values
with the knowledge to assess circumstances in the natural world.
The U.S. government retains sacred treaty trust and public trust
obligations to support tribal resource management.
Forest Stewardship Council Certification
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is a non-profit
organization devoted to encouraging the responsible management
of the world’s forests. The FSC sets high standards that
ensure forestry is practiced in an environmentally responsible,
socially beneficial, and economically viable way.
Landowners and companies that sell timber or forest products
seek
FSC
certification as a way to verify to consumers that they
have practiced forestry consistent with FSC standards.
Independent, certification organizations are accredited by FSC
to carry out assessments of forest management to determine if
standards have been met. These certifiers also verify that
companies claiming to sell FSC certified products have tracked
their supply back to FSC certified sources. The
Chain-of-Custody Certification assures
that consumers can trust the FSC label.
Excerpt From the Declaration of Sovereignty
At the time of creation the Creator placed us in the land and
gave us the voice of the land and that is our law. Ultimate
sovereignty is vested in the people, who received their
sovereign authority in the form of laws given by the creator
and by the land itself. We shall, as we always have, live in
balance with the land and never use more of our precious
natural resources than can be sustained forever.