Sierra Club finds "Green" Certification of the Irving Allagash woodlands unacceptable

Clearcut after slash is crushed with retention of isolated trees (some of which have blown over). Blackstone district, Spring of 2002. (Photo by Troy Jackson)

• Sierra Club press release
• Grade Inflation? SCS Certification of Irving’s Allagash Timberlands (Summary of Report by Mitch Lansky)
• Full Report by Mitch Lansky
• Photos of Irving's green certified woodlands
• Sierra Club response to FSC report on the Allagash appeal (Sierra Club of Canada)
• Contacts for more information
• Trading in Credibility: the myth and reality of the Forest Stewardship Council (Rainforest Foundation)
• Timber Certification Tainted, Forest Group Alleges (Environment News Service, 11/20/02)