Land Use Policy
An important part of LP’s sustainability program is to provide our
employees and wood suppliers with current information on harvesting, reforesting and managing forest lands in order to achieve sustainability well into the future. Here are some practices we
advocate and, whenever possible, require of our partners and ourselves.
We believe prompt reforestation is the cornerstone of sustainable forestry. On lands we manage, we reforest within two years of final harvest, or within five years when using planned natural
regeneration. We encourage the same level of stewardship among the forest landowners with whom we do business. We suggest that landowners choose a suitable reforestation plan before the harvest.
LP encourages sustainable forestry practices that protect our water quality. Examples of best management practices include following a long-term forest management plan, leaving vegetated buffer strips along streams and other bodies of water, controlling or eliminating waste
disposal on forest lands, properly maintaining roads, and implementing proper stream crossings.
We realize there is no single forest management practice that benefits all species equally. This makes developing a forest management plan particularly challenging for landowners. We encourage them to
consider the type and age of the forest, size and shape of the property, presence of water bodies and streamside management zones, target wildlife species, and any unique habitats as part of their
forest management plan.
We encourage landowners to conserve and manage habitats of rare species by providing them with a wildlife habitat and biodiversity guidance document. Of particular importance are any listed as
threatened or endangered by federal, state, or provincial governments. The goal of recognizing the habitats of rare species is to conserve and manage them to prevent any further population decline.