William H. Banzhaf, President
Sustainable Forestry Board
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
1800 N. Kent St., Suite 1120
Arlington, VA 22209

RE: Stop certifying destructive logging practices!

Dear President Banzhaf and SFI Board members,

As a consumer of forest products, I am extremely concerned about weak and misleading sustainable forestry certification. I strongly urge the SFI to do more to reform its standards and timber industry practices.

Specifically, I urge your organization to reform and improve your policies so that products that you certify as “sustainable” do NOT involve the following:

• Converting natural forests into barren tree plantations;
• Logging and buying wood from old growth, roadless and endangered forests;
• Excessive clearcutting in natural forests.

I also urge you to protect wildlife and stop using false and misleading environmental marketing and advertising claims and "certification" labels.

If the Sustainable Forestry Board truly wants to earn consumers' trust, you must fix these and other problems and establish an environmentally credible certification program. I will join millions of other concerned citizens and consumers in continue to monitor your actions regarding this vital matter.