GreenWood Tree Farm Fund

Tree farms

There are four primary tree farm properties in the Pacific Northwest owned by GTFF and managed by GreenWood Resources:

• Lower Columbia Tree Farm (6,000 acres of owned and leased lands)
• Boardman Tree Farm (18,500 acres of owned land)
• Sandlake Tree Farm (7,300 acres of owned land)
• Sandpiper Tree Farm (3,200 acres of owned land)

These properties total 35,000 acres and are found along the lower- and mid-Columbia River basin in both Oregon and Washington. These tree farms have exclusive access to our elite plant material. Our tree farm management strategy focuses on producing a sustainable supply of saw logs for integration into GTFF mills, pulp logs for regional pulp and paper mills and residual feedstock for bioenergy markets. GTFF tree farms are managed under the principles of FSC and have been certified by SCS-FM (SCS-FM/COC-00034P).

GTFF mills

Based on the supply of high-quality timber from its tree farms, GTFF is establishing state-of-the-art, value-added manufacturing processes. A small mill is proposed to process the logs from the Lower Columbia Tree Farm located near Clatskanie, Oregon. A larger mill is being built in the Boardman, Oregon area to handle the log volume from the three tree farms located in the area. Collins is providing leadership in the building and operations of this mill. Construction of the mill has begun, with operations expected to commence in the second quarter of 2008. When fully operational, it will provide over 150 family-wage jobs in harvesting, manufacturing and tree farming in the area.

The product from these mills is marketed under the brand name Pacific Albus™, a hardwood species ideal for a variety of uses from trim, millwork and cut stock, to furniture applications, pallet stock and much more.