As I mentioned previously, my first choice would have been to have my lumber come from Northern Wisconsin or the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Well that was about impossible to do unless I became a lumber broker myself, since the majority of dimensional lumber comes from Canada or the Pacific Northwest. So I tried for SFI certified (Sustainable Forest Initiative) or FSC certified (Forest Stewardship Council) but found that to actually have the chain of custody papers certifying it, was cost prohibitive. But once the lumber was delivered, I checked the packaging and/or where it came from and found that in most cases the lumber was all from sustainable forest practices.

SFI logo Note: SFI logo

Nakina Lumber is located north of Thunder Bay and is a large employer of First Nation people. Their website claims: "We source our fiber from forests throughout Northwestern Ontario. These forests are sustainably and responsibly managed through the use of industry best practices and recognized forest management principles."Sierra Pacific has the SFI logo

According to their website: "All of the Company’s Canadian woodlands operations directly managed by West Fraser are independently certified to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) fibre sourcing and forest management standards. "This load of SPF (spuce pine or fir) comes from the Babine, Canada Mill of Hampton Lumber.Hampton Lumber website states:"Hampton Family Forests are certified and audited to ensure we meet or exceed environmental standards set forth in the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI)."