Who is the Sustainable Hardwoods Network?
The Sustainable Hardwood Network evolved out ISF continuing efforts to promote sustainable hardwood development. The Network is an informal association of local businesses using local hardwoods species that includes resource managers, portable sawmills, kiln operators, wood product manufacturers, flooring and building contractors, cabinet makers, furniture makers, and retailers. Business in the network share a commitment to ecologically and economically sustainable practices that contribute to the well-being of our forests and our community. The Sustainable Hardwoods Network addresses some of the difficulties in financing small-scale hardwoods businesses. The importance of sharing limited avaliable resources and opening new pathways of cooperation among local wood products manufacturers is increasingly important in the context of today’s changing economic climate and our troubled regional timber industry. This flexible manufacturing scenario offers a strong platform for ISF and the Sus
