PA SR198

Senate Resolution 198 celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), launched in 1995 to promote responsible environmental stewardship through sustainable forestry practices

Pennsylvania has nearly 17 million acres of forestland, and the forest products industry is one of the state's largest manufacturing sectors, employing tens of thousands of workers

The Pennsylvania SFI Implementation Committee (PA SIC), formed in 1995, has trained more than 8,000 loggers, foresters, and landowners through its Professional Timber Harvester Training Program

The resolution commends SFI and PA SIC for 30 years of leadership in forest sustainability and reaffirms Senate support for SFI as a voluntary, science-based certification program

The resolution urges continued cooperation among forest landowners, industry partners, educators, conservationists, and public agencies in support of SFI goals