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Sonja agrees , adding “ the longevity of our family business is critical , we don ’ t pursue profits at the expense of the health of the community and forest because we have such strong bonds and interdependency on the community and forests that we live and work within . In these challenging markets for example we have made decisions that have cost us money for the benefit of the health of the community and the forest in order to create longevity as an organization .”
Sonja goes on to explain how this approach ties into other sustainability practices within the company : “ We ’ re developing operations that will enable us to make better use of our biomass resources helping to provide green energy . We have also made significant investments to work with the US Forest Service , who we partner with , to manage and harvest unhealthy ,
dense forests . A critical part of our company culture is to be incredible partners to the Forest Service knowing we are their most critical tool to treat the national forest .”
After successfully navigating some challenging times , Jim is optimistic about the coming year . “ With the new administration coming in , looking to protect the businesses and manufacturing , I see a breath of fresh air trying to revitalize manufacturing in our country . The wood manufacturing industry will continue to be a critical piece to solving our nation ’ s wildfire crisis . How do we by design and by direction , manage that to the benefit of all our citizens . The good Lord put us here to manage this land , we were assigned to take care of this , and we need to do it responsibly .” ■
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