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Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue and the State Department of Natural
Resources Recognize International Paper as 'Forestry for Wildlife' Partner
SAVANNAH, Ga., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- International Paper's wildlife
conservation efforts earned recognition from Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue and
the State Department of Natural Resources when the company was named a 2004
Forestry for Wildlife Partner at a recent awards ceremony in Atlanta, Ga.
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The Forestry for Wildlife Program is a voluntary initiative which promotes
blending wildlife conservation with well-managed forestry practices by
companies like International Paper. Several years ago, company forest
landowners joined the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Wildlife
Resources Division (WRD) and several conservation organizations to develop this
formal, comprehensive wildlife conservation partnership program.
Governor Sonny Perdue officially named International Paper a 2004 Forestry for
Wildlife Program (FWP) Partner in recognition of the company's outstanding
contributions to Georgia's wildlife and wild places. The award acknowledges
IP's excellent stewardship of swallow-tailed kites, red-cockaded woodpeckers
and other wildlife within the company's nearly 1 million acres of forestland in
Georgia.
"We are thrilled and honored to receive this important award," said Sharon
Haines, IP's director-sustainable forestry and forest policy. "International
Paper's professional foresters and wildlife biologists are dedicated to
wildlife conservation and to integrating conservation goals into our
Sustainable Forestry Initiative(R) program."
Don Dunn and Bill Wikoff of International Paper's Eulonia and Brunswick Forest
Operations, respectively, accepted the Forestry for Wildlife Partner Award from
Governor Perdue on behalf of IP at a ceremony in the Governor's office last
week. The 2004 FWP Award marks the fourth time that International Paper has
received this prestigious designation.
"As more and more forestland is developed in Georgia each year, we become
increasingly dependent on private forestland management practices to conserve
our State's natural resources," said Governor Perdue. "To become a Forestry for
Wildlife Partner, companies must consistently perform forest management
activities that are beneficial to wildlife and that go above and beyond current
regulatory and industry certification standards."
Practices that earned FWP status for International Paper and others include:
* Preparing wildlife conservation plans detailing natural resources
inventories and outlining the management strategies for blending forest
management with wildlife management.
* Providing internal training opportunities for employees on how to blend
forestland management with "wildlife friendly" practices for multiple
natural resource benefits.
* Incorporating wildlife management techniques into current land-use
planning and forest management practices.
* Providing valuable data for state research projects.
* Providing public recreational opportunities on company forestlands.
* Participating in partnerships with conservation organizations through
programs such as Partners in Flight, the Longleaf Alliance, the Breeding
Bird Atlas and the Georgia Herptofauna Atlas.
* Managing riparian forests for wildlife use and water quality protection.
"The number of acres added to this program has continued to increase since its
inception in 1999, and as a result, the future of wildlife on more than 2.9
million acres of industrial forestlands is much brighter," said DNR
Commissioner Noel Holcomb. "We have set the bar very high for natural resource
conservation in Georgia. These company forest landowners have responded by
participating in this innovative partnership."
International Paper conservation initiatives recognized under the FWP include:
managing and monitoring endangered red-cockaded woodpecker habitats, managing
and monitoring bald eagle and swallow-tailed kite nesting, managing isolated
wetlands critical to protected reptiles and amphibians like the gopher frog,
surveying and protecting plants and animals with global rankings for rarity and
providing hunting and other forest recreation opportunities through private
hunting clubs and state wildlife management area program participation.
All of the conservation enhancement components and reporting procedures are
compatible with the SFI(R) program. The SFI Standard is a voluntary forest
certification approach for ensuring that high environmental quality is
maintained on forest landscapes.
International Paper's Forest Resources business, which is part of the company's
Forest Products group, is headquartered in Savannah, Ga. The business manages
the company's forestlands and wood fiber supply. IP is the largest private
landowner in the U.S. The company is also the world's largest hardwood and pine
tree seedling grower, producing nearly 400 million new trees each year. To
date, IP professional foresters have grown more than 8 billion trees and we
will soon plant the company's 7 millionth acre of forestland. Led by the Forest
Resources business, IP is the first paper and forest products company in North
America to formalize an agreement with NatureServe, a non-profit conservation
group, to identify, protect and manage "Forests with Exceptional Conservation
Value."
International Paper (http://www.internationalpaper.com/) businesses include
paper, packaging and forest products. As one of the largest private landowners
in the world, IP professional foresters and wildlife biologists manage the
woods with great care in compliance with the rigorous standards of the
Sustainable Forestry Initiative program. The SFI program is an independent
certification system that ensures the perpetual planting, growing and
harvesting of trees while protecting biodiversity, wildlife, plants, soil,
water and air quality. In the U.S. alone, IP protects more than 1.5 million
acres of unique and environmentally important habitat on its forestlands
through conservation agreements and land sales to environmental groups. And,
the company has a long-standing policy of using no wood from endangered
forests. Headquartered in the United States, IP has operations in over 40
countries and sells its products in more than 120 nations.
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